Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP): Lessons in Developing Implementation Ready NDCs
ABOUT CAEP
The NDC Partnership’s demand driven model enables countries to flag their specific needs and receive targeted support to enhance and implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
Transformational change is needed to cut emissions and adapt to a changing climate, all while meeting development needs. Such change requires groundbreaking coordination to mobilize resources globally, with speed and scale.
introduction
The NDC Partnership’s Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP) was launched in 2019 to help countries enhance their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and fast-track their implementation.
Through CAEP, countries received a diverse range of support for their NDC enhancement.
Partnership Model at Work
The NDC Partnership deployed over $51 million in support of NDC update efforts of 67 developing countries. This was delivered through the technical and financial contributions of 46 implementing partners, illustrating the impact of the Partnership model.
Tailored Country Support
Drawing together partners with diverse skill sets and expertise to provide coordinated support has enabled countries to ramp up their ambition and implementation efforts.
Assessment of Enhanced NDCs
An assessment of 55 NDCs was carried out, which identified various characteristics of the support provided and it's impact on ambition, quality, and process.
CAEP Support Linkages
Updates to NDCs were mapped against the CAEP support received by each country, highlighting where the specific objectives of CAEP activities were realized.
Quality and process are the critical enabling components for ramping up ambition. NDC enhancement is measured across all three components.
Quality
Targets are credible, comprehensive, robust and implementable
Ambition
Emissions reductions are in alignment with Paris goals; spanning relevant sectors and gasses, and aligning with long term plans
Process
The NDC process is inclusive and transparent, building up national ownership
global insights
NDC enhancement is multifaceted, including ambition, quality and process.
- Enhancement is identified by comparing a country’s first or second NDC with its updated one.
- By comparing an NDC against its previous version, the analytical focus is relative rather than an absolute assessments of NDCs.
- This comparison illustrates the principle that NDCs are designed to serve specific country contexts and priorities and should be considered relative to their own previous iterations.
Ambition
Ambition refers to strengthening mitigation or adaptation targets and actions over time.
Countries may raise ambition by strengthening emissions reduction (including the addition of sector-specific targets) or by broadening the scope to include wider coverage of sectors or gases. Countries may also raise ambition by moving from conditional to unconditional targets, shortening timelines, adding qualitative policies and measures, or setting out their long-term adaptation strategies.
Out of the 55 countries assessed, 55 countries raised their NDC ambition, 54 of which received CAEP support to do so.
Quality
Quality enhancement includes strengthening underlying data and ensuring NDCs are detailed, achievable and verifiable.
Data gathering and robust methodologies support evidence-based NDC targets and detailed action plans, including sector-specific plans, costing, and financing. Clear governance structures and strategic alignment with national policy and Long Term Strategies (LTS), including additional information on capacity gaps and barriers to inform adaptation planning, and ensure the targets are achievable given countries’ resources. Including or strengthening mechanisms for monitoring and oversight is important for tracking progress and verifying the set targets.
CAEP supported all 55 countries with analytical and technical support, improving overall NDC quality.
Process
Process captures enhancement in NDC transparency and inclusiveness of key stakeholders and vulnerable communities.
These components strengthen the credibility of NDCs, ensuring inputs and targets reflect the needs and priorities of impacted communities. It includes designing strategies to mainstream climate change through education and awareness-raising campaigns. An inclusive process leads to greater involvement of all levels of government as well as the public, following a whole-of-society approach.
CAEP supported all 55 countries in enhancing their NDC process with support targeting inclusiveness, transparency and stakeholder engagement.
ACTION AREAS
Learn more about NDC enhancement efforts
Across Gender Equality, Youth Engagement, NDC Finance and Whole-of-Society approaches, countries worked to align their climate and development agendas through the NDC update process.
LOOKING AHEAD
Explore how countries are moving from enhancement to implementation
NDC Partnership members are translating NDCs into feasible investments and mobilizing financial resources to make NDCs a reality.
Country profiles
Identifying trends through CAEP activity data provides a window into NDC enhancement and implementation efforts.
Explore Country Profiles
Filter results based on the types of NDC enhancement observed, across Ambition, Quality, Process, Focus Areas, Action Areas, and Sectors.
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PARTNERS
Implementing Partners provided technical assistance and coordination support tailored to countries' demands.
Through CAEP, 46 partners provided financial and technical support to countries. Support was provided through a combination of partners’ own resources and through the Technical Assistance Fund (TAF).
CAEP and the TAF benefited from the generous support of the following governments:
Denmark
Germany
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
CAEP and the TAF also benefited from the generous support of the following organisations:
Germany Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety based on a decision of the German Bundestag
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