CCAP Europe

CCAP-Europe is a nonprofit association in Brussels supported by the staff and expertise of its sister organization, the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), headquartered in Washington, D.C.

CCAP Europe is currently working in three policy areas:

• Supporting the leading role of Europe in climate policy and strengthening the European Emission Trading System;
• Fostering the international climate negotiations and ensuring the effectiveness and visibility of European financial support for climate protection in developing countries; and
• Fostering the implementation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in developing countries.

Climate Finance Works

While at COP17 in Durban, South Africa, CCAP-Europe released Climate Finance Works, which showcases 40 climate finance success stories, made possible through European funding. At the release, delegates from Chile, Costa Rica and the European Commission spoke about the importance of climate finance, as well as progress made in creating policies that target emissions reductions in developing countries.

CCAP-Europe President Ned Helme introduced the report, noting the "whole range" of initiatives profiled in Climate Finance Works that are funded through European financing. "On the ground, we're really seeing significant action in developing countries," Helme said at the press conference. He called Climate Finance Works "a very exciting sort of picture" that "gives you a flavor of what's possible with the Green Fund."

Head of Climate Change Office of the Ministry of Environment of Chile Andrea Rudnick Garcia touched on the progress Chile has made in designing Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). So far, Garcia said, Chile has identified NAMAs in the energy, forestry and transportation sectors.

Costa Rican Minister of the Environment Rene Castro and Director General of Directorate General on Climate Action at the European Commission Jos Delbeke also spoke.

To watch the entire press conference click here.