Tracking progress of NDCs is not only useful at the national level, but it also informs collective, global progress under the Paris Agreement. Nationally, tracking progress of NDC implementation can help governments better understand whether and to what extent efforts are needed to achieve the NDC. The information provided by each Party in their Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) will inform the global stocktake, which in turn assesses global progress and whether actions need to be updated or enhanced to reach the Paris Agreement’s objectives. 

Tracking NDCs is a requirement under the Paris Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF). It requires transparent quantitative and qualitative information on the implementation and achievement of the NDC, including indicators comparing current or projected emissions, and information that helps better understand the NDC target and its impacts.

The report Proposed indicators for domestic MRV purposes and tracking progress of NDCs provides countries with relevant examples of indicators which can be used in pursuing domestic monitoring tasks as well as in reporting on progress towards the implementation and achievement of NDCs.