NDC

This presentation provides a framing of the COP28 official side event, entitled "Bottom-up Approach of Regional Non-State Actors (NSAs) towards Updating NDCs in Post-GST" by IGES, West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), University of Technology Malaysia (UTM), Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities...

Countries need to update and enhance their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) every five years to achieve the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement (PA). Article 6 market mechanisms under the PA allow countries to utilize internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs) toward their NDC targets. We are seeing a growing trend of...

This year's biggest climate change pilgrimage, the UNFCCC COP26 , concluded with several decisions, including the “Glasgow Climate Pact ”, and other announcements on the sidelines. These came after two weeks of long discussions and heated negotiations amid youth-led mass protests outside the COP venue. COP26 ended by disappointing those...