The study on good practices of NDCs in Latin America and the Caribbean aims to identify good practices in mitigation and adaptation to climate change framed in the NDCs of the Organization of American States member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It proposes a conceptual and methodological proposal based on the nexus between the Paris Agreement, the Sendai Framework for Action, the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Ababa Agenda. It seeks to ensure that good practices are replicable and foster regional integration in tackling climate change.

During this second phase, a tool was developed based on the concept of good practices and the twelve principles that comprise it, in order to identify lessons learned from the good practices for NDCs documented in LAC countries. This is called the Climate traffic light tool that seeks to analyze the main elements of each good practice to determine the level of compliance with the four instruments of the macro-regime, lessons learned and areas of opportunity to address LAC's climate challenge. It should be noted that both the tool and this analysis process do not evaluate or point out aspects of weakness. On the contrary, they highlight those aspects that are part of a good practice and the different ways in which the actions comply in a cross-cutting and linear manner with the macro-regime instruments.