GCHA’s Healthy NDCs 3.0: Embedding Health in National Climate Plans for 2035 examines “third generation” Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0), the 2035 climate plans submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by COP30 host Brazil, the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay, ahead of a February 10th UNFCCC deadline.
This report provides an assessment of recently submitted NDCs to reveal examples of good practice and issues where greater ambition is needed on a global scale, to produce recommendations for policymakers in a year when ambitious climate plans are needed more urgently than ever. It builds on series of NDC Scorecards produced by the GCHA between 2021 and 20235, to evaluate inclusion of health and health-related considerations in NDCs.