Designing and Preparing Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)

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National
Expertise Level
Practitioner
Resource Type
Guidance and Frameworks
Guidance

The document provides detailed guidance

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None
Outputs Provided
N/A
Language
English
French
Spanish
Developer or Source
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
World Resources Institute (WRI)

This report guides countries on the preparation and design of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), including detailed technical guidance and process-related considerations.

It walks practitioners through the choices they will face in preparing and designing their INDCs, laid out in five general steps: identifying the benefits of an INDC, organizing the INDC process, identifying data and analysis to inform the INDC, designing the INDC, and communicating the INDC.

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