Enhanced NDC Tracking Framework
2023 saw multiple countries work with ICAT and its implementing partners to build or improve a framework for tracking of the implementation and achievement of their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). NDC tracking is a mandatory reporting requirement under the Paris Agreement and critical to assess global performance of the Agreement. It is also vital on the national level to help governments understand whether and to what extent additional efforts are needed to achieve NDCs.
The solid data that forms the foundations of transparency are crucial for planning policies and actions, for monitoring the implementation of those policies and actions, and for assessing if they have met their goals. An NDC tracking framework allows countries to effectively track progress towards the implementation and achievement of their NDCs, report on it, and thus to meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement.
Cuba and Niger provide two examples of NDC tracking projects completed in 2023.
Cuba’s new MRV framework increased mitigation targets
Improvements
and accuracy in
Cuba's NDC
33.2
CO2
Renewable Energy (RE): Achieved a 33.2 million tonnes CO2eq reduction by 2030, 8.3% higher than the initial NDC estimate.
1
CO2
Transport: Found an error in the NDC, revealing 1 million tonnes CO2eq reduction from 2022-2030.
1.19
CO2
Energy Efficiency (EE): Recorded a 1.19 million tonnes CO2 eq reduction by 2030, surpassing the NDC's 700 thousand tonnes CO2eq reduction declaration.
