Building Circularity into Nationally Determined Contributions: A Practical Toolbox

Scale
National
Expertise Level
Practitioner
Resource Type
Guidance and Frameworks
Guidance
Language
English
Developer or Source
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

The joint project “Building Circularity into NDCs” is coordinated by UNDP, UNEP/One Planet Network, and UNFCCC secretariat. The project aims to support countries both in the Global North and Global South to assess, prioritize, integrate, and implement circular economy interventions in their revised NDCs to raise ambition and accelerate implementation, while supporting a just and inclusive transition.

As part of the joint project, the toolbox and user guide provide countries with concrete tools, guidance, checklists, and case studies for each stage of the policy cycle – from assessing the GHG emissions associated with material use and prioritising sectors/sub-sectors for the NDC to defining circular economy policy responses, identifying policy instruments, and tracking and reporting progress in national BTRs as part of the NDC process. Examples on how to use the toolbox in two high-impact sectors (buildings and construction, and food loss and waste) are also provided.

Find more resources

Similar Tools (35)

More Tools By This Developer (205)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Resources Institute (WRI)

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)

Global Environment Facility (GEF), UNEP DTU, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Global Environment Facility (GEF), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

UNEP DTU, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

International Energy Agency (IEA), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Climate Focus, UN-REDD Programme, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Conservation International, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, The Nature Conservancy, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Wetlands International, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Korea Environment Institute (KEI), Oregon State University, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), University of Eastern Finland (UEF)

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

BPIE, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Africa E-Mobility Alliance (AfEMA), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS), Crisis Bureau (CB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

CERI, Terre des hommes, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), GRID-Arendal, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Climate Focus, EAT, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

International Labour Organization (ILO), Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Global Alliance for Buildings & Construction, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Global Resource Information Database (GRID-Geneva), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Bank

Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Governance of Climate Change Finance (GCCF) program, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Global Environment Facility (GEF), Global Support Programme (GSP), UNEP DTU, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Coastal Hazard Wheel platform, Deltares, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

UNEP DTU, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Global Gender and Climate Alliance, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Climate Development and Knowledge Network (CDKN), Frankfurt School Collaborating Centre, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Global Environment Facility (GEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Nairobi Work Programme (NWP), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Bank

The World Conservation Union (IUCN), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)