Making Climate Action More Effective: Lessons Learned from the First Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Almost every country has formulated its Nationally Determined Contribution to the global response to climate change, which are key to the 2015 Paris Agreement. To ramp up ambition and effectiveness, future NDCs must build on and learn from experience, and must improve the transparency, coherence, and implementability of their plans and policies. This book offers critical insights relevant to mitigation, adaptation, and means of implementation, and discusses key elements of the Paris Agreement and broader climate policy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 126 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Almost every country has crafted its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the global response to climate change, which has played a pivotal role in the landmark adoption of the 2015 Paris Agreement. These national climate action plans are crucial for implementing the agreement, even though, when taken collectively, current plans may fall short of achieving its ambitious goals. Countries periodically update their NDCs to demonstrate increased ambition, but mere ambition alone is insufficient. This book emphasizes that countries must enhance the effectiveness of their plans and policies to fully realize their climate ambitions. Enhancing effectiveness entails improving the transparency, coherence, and implementability of NDCs.

To ramp up ambition and effectiveness, future NDCs must build on and learn from the experiences of the past. Drawing upon a comprehensive analysis of the first round of NDCs by renowned climate policy experts, this book offers valuable insights relevant to mitigation, adaptation, and means of implementation. It also delves into key aspects of the Paris Agreement and broader climate policy, such as the Enhanced Transparency Framework and the Paris Committee on Capacity Building, as well as considerations of equity and development. This book is a must-read for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and civil society experts engaged in climate policy.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Climate Policy journal.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367754105