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UNFCCC secretariat
Bernd Hackmann, Mitigation, Data and Analysis Programme
NDCs and NDC implementation
Regional Dialogue on NDCs for Africa
26-28 September 2017, Rabat, Morocco
Agenda
• NDCs in the Paris Agreement
• Global response to the Paris Agreement
• What are NDCs and how are they communicated?
• NDC negotiations under the UNFCCC
• Implementing the Paris Agreement and the NDCs
NDCs in the Paris Agreement
NDCs in the Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement and its objectives
Collective goals: long term temperature goal; resilience and low GHG emission development;
Collective efforts: a global emission trajectory (peaking, reduction, balance between sources and sinks)
Individual efforts: successive Nationally Determined Contributions - NDCs
NDCs – a central element of the Paris Agreement
“Each Party shall prepare, communicate and maintain
successive nationally determined contributions that it intends
to achieve. Parties shall pursue domestic mitigation measures,
with the aim of achieving the objectives of such contributions.”
NDCs the central elements of the Paris Agreement
Global objective
(2/1.5)
Contribution country A
Contribution country B
Contribution country C
Contribution country D
Global response to the Paris Agreement
Unprecedented response to the Paris Agreement
• Early entry into force on 4 November 2016
• 166 out of 197 Parties have ratified the Paris Agreement
• 159 Parties have already submitted their first NDC
o 146 INDCs have been directly converted into NDCs
o 14 INDCs have been revised before converting to NDCs
o 6 INDCs are currently being revised
Unprecedented momentum for climate action in virtually all
countries
NDCs from African Countries
• 43 out of 54 African countries have ratified the Paris Agreement
• 41 NDCs from African countries have been submitted
o 39 INDCs have been directly converted into NDCs
o 2 INDCs have been revised before converting to NDCs
o 2 governments are currently revising their NDC
Strong response across Africa
What are NDCs and how are they communicated?
National circumstance
Support needs/costs
Adaptation actions
Fairness/ambition
Mitigation actions
Opportunities for cooperation
Climate vulnerabilitiesEconomic indicators
NDC information
NDCs in national context
Mid century Long term strategies
NDCs/ National “targets”
(5-10 years)
Policies, programmes and other measures
Actions by economic actors
• The Paris Agreement recognizes that its
objectives will be achieved through time
• It builds on aggregate and individual
progression/ambition
• It establishes a mandatory cycle of NDCs:
• First submission by 2020
• Enhanced ambition submitted every 5 years
• Feedback Mechanisms
o Facilitative dialogue/Global Stocktake
o Transparency Framework
Reaching the long-term objectives
The NDC submission process
Ongoing 5 Year
NDC Submission
Process
February 2020
NDCs Due
Synthesis Report
November2020
Conference of Parties
(COP)
2023
Global Stock Take
2025
NDCs Due
NDC negotiations under the UNFCCC
NDC negotiations under the UNFCCC
Governments are developing further guidance in relation to the NDC:
features of NDC (additional characteristics of NDCs)
information to facilitate clarity, transparency and understanding of
NDCs (information to further explain the NDCs)
accounting for NDCs (how to account for emissions)
NDC registry (where and how to store NDCs)
Common timeframes (what is the implementation period)
2018 @ COP 2420182017 @ COP 23
Outcome of the
APA negotiations
Working on the
negotiating text
Arriving at a
negotiating text
Implementing the Paris Agreement and the NDCs
Getting ready for NDC implementation
Negotiating the Paris Agreement Implementing the Paris Agreement
What governments are doing right now:
Aligning NDC actions with new policy priorities
Refining/Updating the analysis underpinning the NDC
Improve the Regulatory Framework/Institutional Framework
Identifying and Prioritising Policies and Measures
Developing an NDC Implementation Plan
From projects to long-term low emission development programmes/policies
• All Parties should formulate and communicate long-term low
greenhouse gas emission development strategies, by 2020
Years
GH
G
BAU
Long
term
vision
Linkages between NDCs and SDGs
• Climate actions to achieve low emissions and climate resilient
development have direct implications for the achievement of
SDGs and vice versa
• Addressing climate change means for governments integrating
climate actions into key socio-economic development strategies
• Actions are aiming at achieving low emissions and climate resilient
development as well as SDGs
Climate actions and sustainable development pathways are for many
developing countries two sides of the same coin
Further mainstreaming climate action into development strategies
and approaches could create major synergies
Linkages between NDCs and SDGs
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
SDG 1SDG 2SDG 3SDG 4SDG 5SDG 6SDG 7SDG 8SDG 9 SDG10
SDG11
SDG12
SDG13
SDG14
SDG15
SDG16
SDG17
BAU
NDC
Years
GH
G
$100
$80
$100= $280
= $330
$120
$100
$110NDC-BAU= $50
National contribution= $20
Additional supoport= $30
Long-term development
Implementing the Paris Agreement
• Implementing the Paris Agreement and the NDCs require
transformational changes by each country towards low-emission,
climate resilient, sustainable development
• The NDCs show that the greatest challenges and the largest gaps
of capacity and financial means for implementation prevail in the
developing countries
• In particular since many countries are facing multiple development
challenges and have little flexibility to mobilize necessary additional
resources
• Developing countries can benefit from (southern) solutions that can
address both climate change and multiple development challenges
Implementing the Paris Agreement and the NDCs require enhanced
international support, cooperation and partnerships
