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Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) is a collaboration amongst several developing countries to establish the evidence base for long-term transition to robust economies that are carbon efficient and climate resilient. MAPS can be characterized as a type of long term mitigation planning process that combines research, modelling, facilitated stakeholder engagement and public policy intervention to establish the socio-economic costs of different low carbon development pathways and to formulate the pathway most appropriate for the national context. MAPS processes are currently underway in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru with an international research and coordination base in Cape Town, South Africa.

Background
MAPS grew out of the experience of the Government mandated Long Term Mitigation Scenarios (LTMS) process that took place in South Africa between 2005 and 2008. The LTMS, with its home-grown stakeholder-driven approach, its reliance on scenarios and the rigour of its research and modelling were hailed by many as a best practice case study. The LTMS informed South Africa’s position for Copenhagen and is the base of much of domestic climate change policy. The exercise has also served as a best practice case study for other developing countries to follow.

Country Projects
As of July 2013, MAPS processes are running in four Latin American countries: MAPS Chile, PlanCC Peru, Colombia Low Carbon Development Strategy (CLCDS) (Estrategia Colombiana de Desarrollo Bajo en Carbono, ECDBC), and IES Brazil (Implicações Econômicas e Sociais Brasil). Each country process is characterized by a unique collaborative actor network for research, stakeholder engagement, funding and execution, with research and process support from MAPS International.