Climate Change and Environmentally Sound Technologies: Analytical Framework and Planning Guidelines: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Transport: Executive Summary

This Guideline is a tool to address issues on EST in national and sectorial policies and plans to relieve the negative effects of climate change in LAC. Its main objectives are: i) To be a practical tool for LAC countries to adopt policies and plans with regards to the identification, assessment, and adoption of EST to achieve climate change policy objectives. ii) Raise the number of countries using models and tools to assess technologies. iii) Facilitate the scenario analysis of technology inclusion as a climate change planning tool, using models that help decision makers to answer questions, nationally and internationally, and to understand the environmental, economic, and social impact of adopting these policies in their own countries, the region, and the rest of the world.