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This side event explores the development of climate activities in countries’ first and updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and their relation to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Most countries have updated NDCs, allowing for analysis and comparison between climate action and the 17 SDGs. This is highly relevant for the third phase of the global stocktake and can contribute to improved future NDCs to make joint progress on climate change and sustainable development.
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This side event explores the development of climate activities in countries’ first and updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and their relation to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The objective of the event is to showcase how countries’ NDCs have developed and to what extent they have strengthened the connection between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda, both globally and within selected countries. Such insights are highly relevant for the third phase of the global stocktake and can contribute to improved future NDCs that make simultaneous progress on climate change and sustainable development.
Both NDCs and SDGs are universal and implemented through a “bottom-up” process where countries set their own priorities and ambitions. Hence, it will be crucial to develop coherent approaches combining sustainable development and climate action and to integrate them into national development plans and policies. Such approaches could contribute to increased synergies and reduced trade-offs between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda, foster a dialogue on how to meaningfully improve national-level implementation, increase transparency of climate activities, and support innovative learning and partnerships across countries that raise the ambition of future NDCs. Simultaneous progress on both climate change and sustainable development is a prerequisite for achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda. The global stocktake process provides an opportunity to synthesise how climate action can support sustainable development and vice versa.
The German Institute for Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and SEI will present novel comparative findings on NDCs interaction with SDG targets over time, identifying priority areas. Presented research insights will provide context for the subsequent panel discussion, including negotiators, UN agencies experts and NGO representatives. The aim of the panel discussion is to highlight how national experiences should inform the global stocktake, which, in turn, can increase the ambition of actions and support for collectively addressing climate change.
SEI brief / Learn how countries' climate ambitions have evolved in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals in this analysis using the NDC-SDG Connections tool
Past event / Adis Dzebo will participate in a panel discussion on Climate and SDG Synergies at one of the United Nations Climate Change Conference's side event
Team Leader: International Climate Risk and Adaptation; Senior Research Fellow
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Registered participants can access the virtual conference platform for the 58th sessions of the subsidiary bodies (SB 58 platform) using the link below.
Tool / Analyze and compare how climate actions correspond to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Tool / Analyze and compare how climate actions correspond to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Programme / A programme on aligning climate action, reduced inequalities and sustainable development.
Journal article / Lack of reporting and evaluation rigour hinders the assessment of adaptation effectiveness. Four challenges provide stepping stones for solutions.
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