UNDP Climate Promise

Pillar 1: Scale and speed of NDC implementation:
• Climate finance:
  • Belize and Uganda have engaged new climate finance units on NDC actions and development planning. Belize also held a “write shop” on preparing climate change proposals for state and non-state actors and Zimbabwe prepared three project concepts.
  • Climate finance analyses/NDC financial strategies have been prepared in Mali, Zimbabwe, and Chad, while Bangladesh held a consultation on the draft Balochistan Climate Change Policy and Financing Strategy.
  • Uganda developed draft carbon market guidelines, regulations, and training manual, while Zimbabwe released a national carbon credit framework.
  • Nepal developed guidelines for climate-resilient, gender-responsive budgeting and Namibia prepared a climate-budget tagging concept note.
  • Lebanon further strengthened a Green Investment Facility.
• Inclusive policy frameworks:
  • Belize is reflecting NDC considerations in four sectoral development strategies (agriculture, energy, transport, solid waste) and the 2022-2026 Development Strategy; Uganda mainstreamed climate change in its 3rd National Development Plan.
  • Mali and Lao PDR validated gender-responsive NDC roadmaps.
  • Uruguay assessed capacity needs of gender focal points in subnational governments and consulted on guidelines for gender-responsive NDC measures in public planning and Pakistan prepared a socially-inclusive environmental policy for the Gilgit-Baltistan region.
  • Panama trained municipal stakeholders on calculating water footprints and climate vulnerability and risks and developed a circular economy roadmap for 2050 aligned with the NDC in consultation with 200 stakeholders.
  • Armenia developed municipal sustainable energy policies and action plans.
  • Zimbabwe prepared a legal gap analysis for a draft Climate Change Bill.
  • Workshops were held in Namibia and Uruguay (climate finance), Panama (gender equality and climate), and Zimbabwe (Climate Change Gender Action Plan). Panama also conducted eleven workshops in eight provinces and one indigenous territory to support Gender and Climate Change initiatives, while Lao PDR conducted three trainings on mainstreaming gender in six NDC priority sectors.
  • Uruguay prepared a gender assessment for a National Adaptation Plan for the health sector and Chad completed a gender and climate change strategy.
  • Lebanon is advancing a gender analysis, action plan and mainstreaming toolkit for eight NDC sectors.
• Transparency/Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV):
  • Jamaica has improved GHG data estimates for a retrofit of the nation’s first net-zero building, Panama has created a National Adaptation Data System within its MRV system that includes 16 loss and damage indicators, and Senegal completed an extensive field survey on renewable energy installations.
  • Belize raised awareness on its MRV platform and Uganda trained users in the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use sector on its integrated MRV tool.
  • Implementation of priority NDC actions:
  • Two e-vehicles were procured for a national e-mobility pilot in Belize for monitoring to inform design of national electric vehicles uptake strategy.
• Private sector engagement:
  • Belize defined the scope for a green jobs assessment.
  • Uruguay developed a register of sustainable certifications, a roadmap for recognising good practices of companies, and a methodological guide and tool for estimating GHG emissions for three value chains.
  • Zimbabwe engaged the private sector on green building standards, implications of the NDC for industry, sustainability reporting, and energy and water audits.
  • Namibia is identifying risks, barriers, and opportunities of private sector investment in NDC measures.
  
  
  Pillar 2: Amplifying NDC and long-term ambition:
• NDC updates/revisions:
  • Uruguay conducted consultations on its second NDC (submitted December 2022), including targeted outreach to youth, and strengthened gender considerations.
  • Panama has established institutional coordination processes and consulted stakeholders to define net-zero carbon targets to be included in the update of its first NDC and updated scenarios of sea-level rise.
  • Lao PDR completed a stocktake on status of NDC implementation.
• Long-term strategies (LTS):
  • Lebanon submitted its LTS for final validation.
  
  
  Pillar 3: Lasting inclusivity through whole-of society engagement:
• Jamaica engaged national stakeholders on NDC implementation priorities in preparation for the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27).
• Belize signed the first-ever Youth Declaration on climate change in 2023.
• Lebanon trained three youth negotiators, two of whom attended COP27 and one who attended UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn in June 2023. Bangladesh trained 35 youth and Uganda trained 130 youth on negotiations ahead of COP28.
• Panama trained 196 youth (134 women, 62 men) through a Climate Change Academy for Young Leaders.
• Zimbabwe engaged youth to develop a position paper ahead of COP27.
• Uganda is implementing a Greening Schools initiative to promote sustainable use of natural resources in schools through tree planting and held a Youth and Innovations Expo 2023 to engage climate action with 120 youth.

Pillar 4: International awareness, advocacy, and partnerships:

• Co-led 2023 Global NDC Conference (31 May-2 June, Berlin), which attracted nearly 350 participants from over 50 countries (globalndcconference.org).
• Co-organised Africa Climate Week 2023 (4-8 September, Nairobi, Kenya), and supported the first-ever Africa Climate Summit, held in parallel.
• Co-organised the NDC Partnership’s 2023/24 Raising Ambition Through Partnership webinar series (ten webinars to date).

Communications:

• 30 newsletters, four blogs, 30 photo stories, and ten explainers featured on the Climate Promise website: English (www.climatepromise.undp.org), French (www.climatepromise.undp.org/fr), and Spanish (www.climatepromise.undp.org/es). In 2023, the website has attracted 429,233 unique users (314% increase from 2022), with 703,410 total visits and 826,225 page views.
• The Monthly Promise email newsletter has over 3100 subscribers and a circulation list of over 21,000.
• The award-winning Dear World Leaders campaign (www.dearworldleaders.org) was exhibited at the UN General Assembly (twitter.com/…).