Table 2. Criteria weights, performance...

Table 2.

Criteria weights, performance scores and priorities for climate change mitigation in Bahrain

Main criteria	Weight	Mitigation requirement (or criterion)	Weight	Final criteria weight¹	Performance² (respective score)	Priorities (unnormalized)	Priorities (normalized, %)³
Governance/Policy	0.440	Leadership commitment	0.380	0.167	Strong (0)	0	0
		Existing assessments and research	0.180	0.079	Moderate (0.5)	0.039	7.202
		Climate change strategy and sectoral emission reduction targets	0.150	0.066	Weak (1)	0.066	12.188
		Capacity building	0.150	0.066	Weak (1)	0.066	12.188
		Partnerships with national and international stakeholders	0.140	0.061	Weak (1)	0.061	11.265
Technical	0.250	Sources and quantities of CO₂e emissions	0.360	0.090	Moderate (0.5)	0.045	8.31
		Energy and emissions models and projections	0.240	0.060	Moderate (0.5)	0.030	5.54
		Available mitigation options	0.210	0.052	Moderate (0.5)	0.026	4.801
		Database of implemented initiatives, effectiveness, costs, historical emissions, and sources	0.190	0.047	Moderate (0.5)	0.023	4.339
Financial	0.240	Budget allocation	0.340	0.081	Moderate (0.5)	0.040	7.386
		Ex ante analysis	0.280	0.067	Moderate (0.5)	0.033	6.094
		Funding opportunities	0.210	0.050	Moderate (0.5)	0.025	4.616
		Ex post analysis	0.170	0.040	Weak (1)	0.040	7.386
Social	0.070	Stakeholders’ participation in policymaking	0.620	0.043	Moderate (0.5)	0.021	3.878
Social	0.070	Stakeholders’ awareness and education	0.380	0.026	Weak (1)	0.026	4.801

Main criteria	Weight	Mitigation requirement (or criterion)	Weight	Final criteria weight¹	Performance² (respective score)	Priorities (unnormalized)	Priorities (normalized, %)³
Governance/Policy	0.440	Leadership commitment	0.380	0.167	Strong (0)	0	0
		Existing assessments and research	0.180	0.079	Moderate (0.5)	0.039	7.202
		Climate change strategy and sectoral emission reduction targets	0.150	0.066	Weak (1)	0.066	12.188
		Capacity building	0.150	0.066	Weak (1)	0.066	12.188
		Partnerships with national and international stakeholders	0.140	0.061	Weak (1)	0.061	11.265
Technical	0.250	Sources and quantities of CO₂e emissions	0.360	0.090	Moderate (0.5)	0.045	8.31
		Energy and emissions models and projections	0.240	0.060	Moderate (0.5)	0.030	5.54
		Available mitigation options	0.210	0.052	Moderate (0.5)	0.026	4.801
		Database of implemented initiatives, effectiveness, costs, historical emissions, and sources	0.190	0.047	Moderate (0.5)	0.023	4.339
Financial	0.240	Budget allocation	0.340	0.081	Moderate (0.5)	0.040	7.386
		Ex ante analysis	0.280	0.067	Moderate (0.5)	0.033	6.094
		Funding opportunities	0.210	0.050	Moderate (0.5)	0.025	4.616
		Ex post analysis	0.170	0.040	Weak (1)	0.040	7.386
Social	0.070	Stakeholders’ participation in policymaking	0.620	0.043	Moderate (0.5)	0.021	3.878
Social	0.070	Stakeholders’ awareness and education	0.380	0.026	Weak (1)	0.026	4.801

Notes:

¹Final criteria weight equals the criteria weight multiplied by the criterion weight. ²A 1–5 Likert scale was used to derive performance scores where 1 referred to very weak performance and 5 referred to very strong performance. The median of participants’ responses is presented. Scores from 0 to 1 were assigned to performance, where 0 was set for strong and very strong performance, 0.5 was set for moderate performance and 1 was assigned for weak and very weak performance. This step was conducted to prioritize areas for improvement taking into consideration the criteria weights. ³High scores represent priority areas for improving climate action in Bahrain based on the results of the analysis

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