Nationally Determined Contributions definition

Nationally Determined Contributions means national plans and pledges made by Kenya to meet the universal goal of maintaining global temperature increases to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, while aiming for 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid the worst impacts of climate change;
Nationally Determined Contributions or “NDC” refers to nationally determined contribution under Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement;
Nationally Determined Contributions or “NDC”, in the context of the Paris Agreement’s obligations, means each participant country’s communication of actions that they will take to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in order to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Examples of Nationally Determined Contributions in a sentence

  • The Parties agree to implement and track progress towards their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and to strive to formulate and communicate mid-century, long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies in order to achieve the temperature goal agreed in the Paris Agreement, while taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in the light of different national circumstances.

  • They commit, to this end, to successive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that will represent a progression beyond their current NDCs and reflect their highest possible ambition, in light of different national circumstances, and reaffirm their objective of each achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

  • The Parties shall formulate, communicate and maintain successive and ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), develop and implement ambitious National Adaptations Plans (NAPs), as appropriate, develop long-term visions towards low emissions and climate-resilient development and invest in climate change mitigation and adaptation capacities.

  • The Paris Agreement turned the INDCs into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) which, however, are likely to limit the global temperature rise merely to about 3° C, unless they can be made more ambitions during the Paris Agreement implementation phase (Interview, EU official, 2016).

  • The countries which have ratified it must periodically communicate their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) to the Convention, which contain the target with which each country will contribute to meeting the Agreement’s objectives.


More Definitions of Nationally Determined Contributions

Nationally Determined Contributions means the national climate pledges submitted by countries under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
Nationally Determined Contributions or "NDCs" means national climate plans highlighting climate actions, including climate related targets, and policies and measures that government aims to implement in response to climate change, and as a contribution to global climate action (Hon. Abubakar Hassan Fulata — Birniwa/Guri/Kiri-Kasamma Federal Constituency).
Nationally Determined Contributions means national plans and pledges made by a Party to the Paris Agreement to meet the universal goal of maintaining global temperatures to well below two degrees celsius above pre industrial
Nationally Determined Contributions or “NDCs” means the contributions determined by each party to the Paris Agreement in accordance with Article 4(2) of the Paris Agreement, communicated to and registered with the UNFCCC;
Nationally Determined Contributions means national plans and pledges made by a Party to the Paris Agreement to meet the universal goal of maintaining global temperatures to well below two degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels, while aiming for one point five degrees celsius to avoid the worst impacts of climate change;
Nationally Determined Contributions means the Recipient’s national plan embodying climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts and actions that the Recipient intends to take in line with the Paris Agreement.
Nationally Determined Contributions means the report made by each country that is a signatory to the Paris Agreement providing targets to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change1;