Nations around the world are ushering in a new decade of climate action through revised nationally determined contributions (NDCs), due this year. The urgency for climate action has never been greater, especially with 2024 marking the warmest year on record globally. While the urban content of NDCs is improving, it remains insufficient and doesn’t reflect the increasingly urban world we live in. UN-Habitat analysis showed that only 27% of the last round of pledges under the Paris Agreement included strong urban content. Through the Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (CHAMP) for Climate Action, launched at COP28, WRI has worked to advance the subnational content of new NDCs due this year, also known as “NDCs 3.0.” The CHAMP initiative is a pledge by 78 countries, to date, to include subnational governments in producing new NDCs as well as incorporate strong subnational content into these plans in order to progress, finance and deliver more ambitious and inclusive climate action overall.
CHAMP Initiative Advances Subnational Content in NDCs 3.0 | World Resources Institute
