| Guidebook for the Development of Efficient Lighting NAMAs Launched
 The new publication emphasizes the role of energy efficient lighting and its investment potential for rapidly reducing carbon emissions and delivering economic and environmental benefits through Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). It has been developed by the en.lighten initiative in cooperation with the UNEP Finance Division, Risoe Centre and Ecofys Consulting.
The NAMA Guidebook has been designed to assist governments, international agencies and other stakeholders shape national efficient lighting strategies into NAMAs. It encompasses the entire process from developing a basic checklist to forming a national efficient lighting strategy. It also addresses other critical elements required to establish a successful efficient lighting NAMA by providing the most up-to-date information and case studies related specifically to energy efficient lighting.
Although the concept of a NAMA is relatively new, many of the efficient lighting activities that can be supported through NAMAs are well-established. NAMAs may be developed from existing policy initiatives, guidelines and programmes, which ensures that NAMAs are not stand-alone actions, but are integrated into existing plans and in line with national sustainable development priorities.
The Guidebook provides specifics on how to develop a NAMA from a national efficient lighting strategy, using the en.lighten Energy Efficient Lighting Toolkit and other tools, such as models and forecasts, to provide evidence for consideration by key stakeholders and potential funders.
It also introduces one of the most important elements of a NAMA: the measuring, reporting and verifying of the NAMA impacts, including emissions reductions and co-benefits. Current practices in designing and implementing NAMAs show that accurate interpretation of measuring, reporting and verifying systems for NAMAs are crucial.
The guide also explains current sources of financing for NAMAs, and ways that efficient lighting NAMAs could be financed, which is critical for developing countries.
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