CCXG March 2019 Breakout Group C part I and II summary

1. Climate Change Expert Group www.oecd.org/env/cc/ccxg.htm
BG C – Part II
Key takeaways on Updating NDCs
Facilitator: Andrea Meza Murillo
CCXG Global Forum
26-27 March 2019

2. 2 Climate Change Expert Group
Updating NDCs – part I
 Updating NDC can have many components
o Improved data & MRV, updated assumptions,
expanded scope (sectoral coverage, adaptation), clarity
on which actions form part of NDC
o … which can then lead to increased ambition
 Good domestic institutional co-ordination is key
o Need buy-in from the top, as well as from finance and
sectoral ministries
o … as well as interaction from civil society, and focus on
multiple goals (e.g. SDGs, just transition)
 Role of support needed in multiple areas
o Institutional; data & MRV; technological development
o Green fiscal reform

3. 3 Climate Change Expert Group
Updating NDCs –part II
 Importance of vision and political message to engage non-state actors,
private sector and other stakeholders:
o long-term strategies are important for establishing this vision
 Importance of enhancing ambition in mitigation and in adaptation. A
few challenges have been identified:
o Ambition: reality vs aspiration?
o Adaptation: hard to measure?
 Clarity of NDCs (ICTU) is important for helping creating and fostering
ambition
 Institutional framework: Importance of generating capacities at the
institutional level
 Enabling conditions:
o Ownership
o Support