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As greenhouse gas emissions hit new highs, temperature records tumble and climate impacts intensify, the Emissions Gap Report 2023: Broken Record – Temperatures hit new highs, yet world fails to cut emissions (again) finds that the world is heading for a temperature rise far above the Paris Agreement goals unless countries deliver more than they have promised.

There are now more than 100 million people overall displaced, around 75% of whom are hosted by low or middle-income countries and living in protracted circumstances. Host countries are struggling to meet the needs of internally displaced people and refugees, despite the efforts and support of UN agencies and humanitarian actors. 

This guidance note is primarily intended for National Technical Institutes (NTIs) participating in the NDC Action Project, specifically focused on how to structure and develop sector-specific investment plans and proposals. This is the overall focus of Output 3.

Climate change is landing blow after blow upon humanity and the planet, an onslaught that will only intensify in the coming years even if the world begins to bring down greenhouse gas emissions. UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow – Climate adaptation failure puts world at risk finds that the world must urgently increase efforts to adapt to these impacts of

As growing climate change impacts are experienced across the globe, the message that greenhouse gas emissions must fall is unambiguous.

Access to clean, safe and sustainable energy – the focus of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 – is one of the principal needs of developing-country populations, for cooking, heating, light, communication, study, livelihoods and security.

Calculating current and future greenhouse gas emissions and the effects of climate actions is critical in the global struggle to limit the rise in temperatures. Not only are precise calculations a pre-requisite for informed political decisions on which actions to take, they are also the foundation for transparent and credible global action.

Joint technical note by the UNFCCC and UNEP: The reasons behind the differences in projected emissions totals for 2030 between the UNFCCC NDC Synthesis Report and the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2021

This technical note explains the background, common messages, and reasons for differences in 2030 emissions

Beating the Heat: A Sustainable Cooling Handbook for Cities was launched on November 3rd 2021 at COP26 by the Cool Coalition, UNEP, RMI, Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM), Missio

Even as the world looks to step up efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change already locked in are just as important. The sixth edition of the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report: The Gathering Storm looks at how the world is doing in adapting to these intensifying impacts.

This guide incorporates the relationship between NDCs and NAMAs by suggesting that the latter become an implementation concept for the former. The Paris Agreement, through NDCs, provides a more tangible framework and a clearer structure upon which NAMA development can succeed; the NAMA Guide, however, does not attempt to prescribe a linear path for NAMA development.

With climate change intensifying and scientists warning that humanity is running out of time to limit global warming to 1.5°C over pre-industrial levels, 2021 has been a fraught year for the planet.

Developed by the Global Alliance of Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), the report tracks the buildings and construction sector progress towards meeting the Paris Agreement goals, based on key indicators for energy use, emissions, technologies, policies, and investments globally.

This report has been compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on behalf of the United Nations Secretary-General to bring together the latest climate science related updates from a group of key global partner organizations: WMO, Globa

This report identifies some common features of the NDC implementation process: Preparing for NDC implementation includes several key steps; preparing for NDC implementation will also require costing of implementation options, formulating strategies to finance NDCs, and scaling up climate finance in a more integrated and sustainable way; central to NDC implementation is monitoring and reporting

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases its next report titled "Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis" on 9 August 2021.

More than a year since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global economy is at a tipping point. While governments have responded swiftly, recovery spending has so far missed the opportunity to accelerate action on the climate, biodiversity, and pollution crises.

This brief updates ongoing NDC analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) based on new pledges submitted in 2020. IRENA supports countries in the implementation and enhancement of their NDCs through accelerated deployment of renewables.

This paper seeks to provide guidance and recommendations for policymakers to increase ambition in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement using the climate

This Pocket Guide takes you through the controversial beginnings of NDCs, to their current diversity; considers the challenges that countries are likely face in their implementation; and reflects on how best they can serve their ultimate purpose – that of achieving the long-term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.

COVID-19 presents challenges to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Recovery from the pandemic requires rethinking the way in which we generate wealth, and shifting our relationship with nature.

This guidance note is intended to support policymakers in considering the role of efficient, clean cooling in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of the 2020 round of NDC revisions.

This study presents an assessment of the existing TNA process and its linkages to the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. The conclusions stem from an assessment of the TNAs completed to date, as well as 71 NDCs from developing countries at various stages of the TNA process.

This publication is targeted at project developers, that is, climate change practitioners working in governmental institutions who are embarking on projects aiming to build or further develop information systems to support the implementation of the enhanced transparency framework.

In the present document, we describe six types of institutional capacity that are necessary to implement the kind of broad-based
climate change management actions found in Nationally Determined Contributions. For each type of capacity, we identify areas
where developing country government capacities are limited, and provide recommendations for building these capacities.