NDC Update Report

The document examines the interconnectedness of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It introduces the SDG Climate Action Nexus (SCAN) tool, which identifies over 500 potential linkages between specific mitigation actions and SDG targets, noting that over 80% of these are positive. The report further analyzes challenges in data transparency, financing, and institutional frameworks, while providing case studies on policy coordination in India and The Netherlands.

• The SDG Climate Action Nexus (SCAN) tool, created by ECN, NewClimate Institute, GIZ, and Climate Analytics, maps over 500 potential linkages between specific mitigation actions and SDG targets, with more than 80% of these linkages indicating a positive impact of climate action on development.
• Analysis of the SCAN-tool reveals that while some mitigation actions result in almost exclusively positive impacts on SDG targets, others produce a combination of both positive and negative potential impacts.
• Integrating the SDG and NDC agendas faces several institutional and operational hurdles, including the high resource requirements for simultaneous monitoring, the historical separation of SDG and NDC processes in many countries, and the ongoing establishment of institutional structures for the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030.
• Case studies of India and The Netherlands demonstrate that governments coordinate climate and sustainable development policies in diverse ways, with the specific institutional roles and responsibilities shaped by existing governance structures and political priorities.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2018). NDC Update Report. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/ndc-update-report-special-edition-linking-ndcs-and-sdgs

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. NDC Update Report. 2018. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/ndc-update-report-special-edition-linking-ndcs-and-sdgs.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=NewClimate Institute |title=NDC Update Report |date=7 May 2018 |url=http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/ndc-update-report-special-edition-linking-ndcs-and-sdgs |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2018ndc, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{NDC Update Report}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2018}, month = may, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/ndc-update-report-special-edition-linking-ndcs-and-sdgs}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }