Institutional challenges to the implementation of nationally determined contributions in Latin America and Caribbean countries: Institutional architecture requirements, issues arising from the examination of NDC updates and lessons learned from capacity development interventions

cg.authorship.typesConsultanten
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.regionLatin America and the Caribbean
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Latin American and Caribbean Program
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number32en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
dc.contributor.authorEchebarria, Koldoen
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-20T14:29:26Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-20T14:29:26Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141936
dc.titleInstitutional challenges to the implementation of nationally determined contributions in Latin America and Caribbean countries: Institutional architecture requirements, issues arising from the examination of NDC updates and lessons learned from capacity development interventionsen
dcterms.abstractThe nations that signed the Paris Agreement periodically submit Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) with climate mitigation and adaptation goals. Complementarily, countries should also formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans (NAP) and periodically update them. This means that every country is required by law to outline a course of action in response to global warming and submit a pledge with specific objectives it is committed to achieving. These pledges are then reviewed and renewed every five years. Every round of pledges is meant to intensify the level of commitment and is negotiable, meaning that other parties can offer concessions or support in return for a more robust pledge. The pledge and review method were introduced first in 1991; however, in 1997, the international community chose to adopt legally binding emission reduction targets in the Kyoto Protocol. The pledge and review methods were reintroduced in the 2009 Copenhagen Accord, following its limited success and the inability to reach an agreement on new targets. The NDC wording took the place of the pledge-and-review expression in the negotiations that resulted in the Paris Agreement. The fact that NDCs rely on voluntary commitments from signatory nations—many of whom lack the financial, technological, or institutional means to effectively combat climate change—has drawn criticism. Setting top-down targets, however, results in a distributional problem among nations that has proven unsolvable. Furthermore, targets are by no means a good solution in the absence of efficient review and compliance procedures. Since pledges—both in terms of the degree of commitment and the methods used—are subject to review and are not legally binding, NDCs offer a more practical strategy for international collaboration on mitigating climate change.1 The "naming and shaming" process—a form of peer and reputational pressure—is the foundation of the NDC method. Climate change politics have gradually changed because of the rise of bottom-up society initiatives and transnational networks of non-govern-mental actors, placing increased pressure on national governments and international organizations.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEchebarria, Koldo. 2024. Institutional challenges to the implementation of nationally determined contributions in Latin America and Caribbean countries: Institutional architecture requirements, issues arising from the examination of NDC updates and lessons learned from capacity development interventions. LAC Working Paper 32. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141936en
dcterms.extent24 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfLAC Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2024-05-17
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten
dcterms.subjectclimate change mitigationen
dcterms.subjectglobal warmingen
dcterms.subjectSustainable Development Goalsen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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