Climate change assessments of mitigation measures and options

Nine Economies in Transition (EITs), including Kazakhstan, have conducted global climate change mitigation assessments with assistance from the United States Country Studies Program. The studies evaluate mitigation and adaptation response options and develop future emission scenarios.

Many of these assessments, as well as the national Climate Change Action Plans, focus on mitigation and efficiency measures in the energy sector. The scenarios they offer clearly show that development choices in transition economies will determine whether emissions stay below, meet, or exceed targets.

Like Climate Change Action Plans, mitigation assessments typically rely on foreign support, and are instrumental in helping EITs submit their national communications to the UNFCCC Secretariat.