NewClimate Institute for Climate Change and Global Sustainability
This article quantifies the net aggregate impact in 2030 of commitments by individual non-state and subnational actors (e.g. regions, cities and businesses, collectively referred to as ‘NSAs’) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Read More
Principles and recommendations for robust alignment of MDB lending activities from NewClimate, Germanwatch, and the World Resources Institute. Read More
Synthesis report on the impacts of electricity supply sector development in Mongolia on climate change targets and health impacts associted to air pollution from coal power plants. Read More
This comment published in “Nature” uses the last ten UNEP reports to show what a wasted decade means for the climate pact made in Paris. Read More
Dieser im “Nature”-Journal veröffentlichte Kommentar zeigt anhand der letzten zehn UNEP-“Gap”-Berichte, was ein versäumtes Jahrzehnt für den in Paris geschlossenen Klimapakt bedeutet. Read More
This is a growing list of truly ambitious climate actions and targets by countries, regions, cities, and businesses. It shows that in all areas, there are actors that aim for the ambition level needed to fully decarbonise our society. Read More
The “Ambition to Action” (A2A) project provided support to the Argentinian NDC process between March 2017 and December 2019. This report provides a synthesis of the results of three years of supporting governmental and non-governmental constituencies with analytical support for the energy supply sector. Read More
Synthesis report on the impacts of electricity sector development in Kenya on national sustainable development and climate change targets. Read More
This paper formulates six key lessons learnt for the assessment of sustainable development impacts and their integration into climate policy making. Read More
Ground source heat pumps in Mongolia – an ambitious option for an Article 6 ITMO transaction. Read More
Net-zero energy buildings in Colombia – an ambitious option for an ambitious Article 6 ITMO transaction. Read More
This paper discusses ways to identify investments that can be accounted as low-carbon activities and offers further recommendations regarding the solutions that help to reduce the gap between current financial structures and the objectives of the national low-emission transition. Read More
This paper analyses the impact of credit purchase facilities for supporting vulnerable CDM projects. Read More
This article analyses under what conditions countries can be expected to develop NDCs that are sufficiently ambitious to contribute to fulfilling the Paris Agreement goals. Read More
This report provides an overview of projected greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 25 major emitting countries/regions up to 2030, taking into account the emission trajectories based on current policies and the implementation of nationally determined contributions (NDCs). Read More
Developed by NewClimate Institute, Germanwatch and CAN, the index ties in with the global Climate Change Performance Index by Germanwatch, a rating of the 58 largest emitters of GHG emissions globally that has been published annually since 2006. Read More
The NDC Update Report tracks the progress on the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. The theme of this report is the role of long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LTSs) in achieving the Paris Agreement goal. Read More
This report shows the potential distribution of the emissions reduction efforts between different Parties based on different approaches and presents an in-depth assessment of the circumstances influencing the (over-) achievement of the currently suggested emissions reduction goals. Read More
This report shows national GHG emissions reductions for 2030 and 2050 that are consistent with the Paris Agreements’ long-term temperature goal, both based on fairness and cost-effectiveness approaches. Read More
This summary report creates a framework to evaluate if a GST is successful and formulates recommendations for the design of the GST process. Read More