COP29: Strengthening Holistic Approaches for NDC 3.0 and Paris Agreement Implementation
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Drawing on the experience of Cambodia, Jordan, and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, this event will highlight the importance of sustainable institutional arrangements and capacity building in the implementation of the Paris Agreement, as well as the integration of climate action planning into long-term development planning.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat and the NDC Partnership, with the support offunding from the German Government, launched the Holistic Approach Project in Cambodia, Jordan, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines. This year-long pilot seeks to promote a holistic and sustainable approach to implementing key substantive areas of the Paris Agreement, including Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Long-term, low greenhouse emission development strategies (LT-LEDS), and the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), through the development of institutional arrangements and the provision of capacity-building tools.
This project arrives at a critical moment. The Paris Agreement in its Article 4, requires each Party to prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions (NDCs) on a quinquennial basis, with each successive NDC representing a progression compared to the previous and reflecting the highest possible ambition. 2025 marks not only a critical deadline for compliance with this mandate, but also for climate ambition. The results of the first Global Stocktake (GST) highlighted that Parties’ current NDCs, even if fully implemented, are insufficient to achieve the Agreement’s objectives. Parties' 2025 NDCs must reflect these findings if we are to correct the current course of global emissions.
In addition to NDCs, the Paris Agreement call all Parties should strive to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS), mindful of Article 2 accounting for their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in light of different national circumstances.
In this context, it is crucial to identify approaches that build sustainable and country-owned institutional arrangements to ensure the success of not only the next round of NDCs and LT-LEDS, but to enable the full implementation of national climate commitments and build sustained national capacity to address climate change. Such an approach necessitates the active engagement of local actors at every level.
