A handbook to strategic national transition planning: supplementary guidance and examples

Strategic, credible and suitably ambitious national transition planning could enhance confidence and trust in countries’ climate and sustainability commitments and mitigate legal challenge – steering a fair transition to net zero, while advancing climate resilience, sustainable development and energy security goals. This Handbook is designed to guide government decision-makers as they develop national transition plans and processes. The Handbook provides guidance, reference material and practical, in-depth examples across five action areas of recommendations. The principles behind these recommendations are introduced in an accompanying policy report, Taking the lead on climate action and sustainable development: recommendations for strategic national transition planning at the centre of a whole-of-system climate response. The two reports are designed to be read together.