Aligning short-term climate action with long-term climate goals: opportunities and options for enhancing alignment between NDCs and long-term strategies

The Paris Agreement and its accompanying decision call for Parties to strive to formulate mid-century communicate long-term low-greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS) by 2020. Moreover, the Paris decision requests Parties to communicate a new or updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) by 2020. This paper finds that there is potential for these long-term strategies to guide short- and mid-term action and feed into future NDC submissions. This paper highlights that long-term strategies can substantially shape countries’ short- and mid-term priorities, policies and investment pipelines, leading to significant cost reductions in the long-term. Linking NDCs to long-term mitigation strategies will be key in ensuring efficient use of resources, particularly crucial for responding to climate change amidst and following the COVID-19 crisis.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	1423211781311 Falduto, C., 174937 OECD, Paris (France) eng, 1423211781312 Rocha, M., 405919 IEA, Paris (France) eng
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Paris (France) OECD/IEA 2020
Subjects:	climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, emission reduction, development policies, SDGs, Goal 7 Affordable and clean energy, Goal 13 Climate action,
Online Access:	https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/aligning-short-term-climate-action-with-long-term-climate-goals_7c980fce-en
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