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From Vision to Reality: NDCs 3.0 – bending the curve

A message to Parties by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell

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Building Support for More Ambitious National Climate Action Plans

Background

What are the NDCs?

From the podium

Blueprints for a sustainable future

News

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Simon Stiell delivers a keynote address at Chatham House

Two Years to Save the World: Simon Stiell at Chatham House

UN Climate Speech

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Earth with sunrise

Climate action plans are blueprints for investing in our future: Simon Stiell at Copenhagen Ministerial

UN Climate Speech

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Flux tower in Yangambi, DRC

Protecting our Forests: Collective Progress and Innovation

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Multilateral Process

Updates from the Paris Agreement, the Kyoto Protocol and the Convention

Climate action and COP28
What is the global stocktake?

The global stocktake is a critical turning point when it comes to efforts to address climate change – it’s a moment to take a long, hard look at the state of our planet and chart a better course for the future.

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Documents and resources

Browse all latest documents, Party-submitted reports, decisions and other resources

True-up period review reports (TPR)

Report on the review of the report upon expiration of the additional period for fulfilling commitments for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol of Monaco submitted in 2023. Note by the expert review team

FCCC/KP/CMP/2023/TPR/MCO

16 Apr 2024

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True-up period review reports (TPR)

Report on the review of the report upon expiration of the additional period for fulfilling commitments for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol of Norway submitted in 2023. Note by the expert review team

FCCC/KP/CMP/2023/TPR/NOR

16 Apr 2024

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Meeting documents

BTR LRs meeting - Report back and wrap-up of GHG LRs meetings

16 Apr 2024

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True-up period review reports (TPR)

Report on the review of the report upon expiration of the additional period for fulfilling commitments for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol of Lithuania submitted in 2023. Note by the expert review team

FCCC/KP/CMP/2023/TPR/LTU

16 Apr 2024

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Intersessional documents

Call for input 2024 - Stakeholder interactions: Further input - Requirements for methodologies and activities involving removals_EU

16 Apr 2024

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True-up period review reports (TPR)

Report on the review of the report upon expiration of the additional period for fulfilling commitments for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol of Romania submitted in 2023. Note by the expert review team

FCCC/KP/CMP/2023/TPR/ROU

16 Apr 2024

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Intersessional documents

Call for input 2024 - Stakeholder interactions: Further input - Requirements for methodologies and activities involving removals_Brazil

16 Apr 2024

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Intersessional documents

Call for input 2024 - Stakeholder interactions: Further input - Requirements for methodologies and activities involving removals_American Petroleum Institute

16 Apr 2024

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Intersessional documents

Call for input 2024 - Stakeholder interactions: Further input - Requirements for methodologies and activities involving removals_Guyana

16 Apr 2024

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Pre-session documents

Capacity-building work of bodies established under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol Compilation and synthesis report by the secretariat. Addendum. Capacity-building activities undertaken by bodies established under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol

FCCC/SBI/2024/3/Add.1

15 Apr 2024

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National inventory reports (NIR)

United States 2024 National Inventory Document (NID)

12 Apr 2024

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National inventory reports (NIR)

Switzerland. 2024 National Inventory Document (NID)

12 Apr 2024

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Biennial update reports (BUR)

Sierra Leone. Biennial update report (BUR). BUR 1.

11 Apr 2024

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National communications (NC)

Serbia. National Communication (NC). NC 3.

08 Apr 2024

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Biennial update reports (BUR)

Sierra Leone. Biennial update report (BUR). BUR 1.

03 Apr 2024

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Biennial update reports (BUR)

Saudi Arabia. Biennial update report (BUR). BUR2.

03 Apr 2024

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Adaptation communications

RCCs presentation on the Support Ecosystem for the Next Round of NDCs

03 Apr 2024

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Biennial report-Common table formats (BR-CTF tables)

Luxembourg. Fifth Biennial Reporting Common Tabular Format (BR-CTF). BR-CTF 5.

02 Apr 2024

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National communications (NC), Biennial reports (BR)

Luxembourg. National Communication (NC). NC 8. Biennial Reports (BR). BR 5. Additional Information

02 Apr 2024

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National inventory reports (NIR)

Honduras. Biennial update report (BUR). BUR2. National inventory report.

22 Mar 2024

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Outcome of the first global stocktake

CMA

1/CMA.5

30 Nov 2023

Global goal on adaptation

CMA

2/CMA.5

30 Nov 2023

United Arab Emirates just transition work programme

CMA

3/CMA.5

30 Nov 2023

Sharm el-Sheikh mitigation ambition and implementation work programme referred to in decision 4/CMA.4

CMA

4/CMA.5

30 Nov 2023

Operationalization of the new funding arrangements, including a fund, for responding to loss and damage referred to in paragraphs 2–3 of decisions 2/CP.27 and 2/CMA.4

CMA

5/CMA.5

30 Nov 2023

Santiago network for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change under the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts

CMA

6/CMA.5

30 Nov 2023

Report of the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts

CMA

7/CMA.5

30 Nov 2023

New collective quantified goal on climate finance

CMA

8/CMA.5

30 Nov 2023

Matters relating to the Standing Committee on Finance

CMA

9/CMA.5

30 Nov 2023

Guidance to the Green Climate Fund

CMA

10/CMA.5

30 Nov 2023

Platform

Adaptation Knowledge Portal

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Platform

Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (EN) (ES) (FR) (Other)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

On-demand webinar

Regional webinars: Support ecosystem for next round of NDCs (EN) (ES)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Platform

Monitoring and Reporting Toolkits (EN)

Tool

Toolkit to Enhance Access to Climate Finance: A Commonwealth Practical Guide (EN)

The Commonwealth Secretariat

On-demand webinar

Stepping up NDCs 2020 Webinar Series: Enhancing NDCs by Sector (EN)

World Resources Institute (WRI)

Tool

Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) through Urban Climate Action (EN) (ES)

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

Tool

NDC Investment Planning Guide and Checklist (EN)

NDC Partnership (NDCP)

Tool

Article 6 Readiness Toolkit (EN)

NDC Partnership (NDCP)

Project

Developing skills and capacities to promote the implementation of Rwanda’s Nationally Determined Contribution (EN)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Paris Agreement
What are the Nationally Determined Contributions?

The Paris Agreement requires each Party to prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions (NDCs) that it intends to achieve.

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Upcoming events

16 - 18 Apr 2024

Constituted Body meetings and events

28th meeting of the Technology Executive Committee

Copenhagen, Denmark

17 - 19 Apr 2024

11th meeting of the Committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance referred to in Article 15, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement (PAICC 11)

Informal Virtual Networking Meeting for National ACE Focal Points

Constituted Body meetings and events

Joint session of the Technology Executive Committee and the Advisory Board of the Climate Technology Centre and Network

Copenhagen, Denmark

22 - 26 Apr 2024

Enhancing National Climate Adaptation Policies and Financing through the Broadened Water-Energy-Food (WEF+) Nexus Workshop

Pretoria, South Africa

22 - 24 Apr 2024

Constituted Body meetings and events

23rd meeting of the Advisory Board of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN AB)

Copenhagen, Denmark

23 - 25 Apr 2024

Constituted Body meetings and events

Expert meeting to assess progress made in the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans (NAPs)

23 - 24 Apr 2024

Mandated and other events

Ninth Technical Expert Dialogue under the Ad Hoc Work Programme on the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance

Cartagena, Colombia

24 - 25 Apr 2024

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First Meeting of Lead Reviewers of Biennial Transparency Reports (BTR)

Rights on FIRE: Integrating Human Rights and Gender Equality into Climate Action

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