The UNDP was looking for a practical but robust approach for aligning the two objectives of climate and development, and assessing and promoting NAMAs sustainable development benefits. The challenge was to create a simple but detailed tool that would be an add-on to all existing standards and tools.
The NAMA Sustainable Development Evaluation Tool developed by South Pole Group allows countries to assess the effects of a NAMA on environmental conservation, economic growth, poverty reduction and public welfare and to evaluate the achieved results.