Scaling Up Ambition: Leveraging Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Strategies to Achieve the Paris Agreement Goals

The document serves as an input for the G20 Climate and Sustainability Working Group, emphasizing the synergy between Long-Term Strategies (LTSs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). It asserts that integrating these planning processes allows G20 nations to align near-term decisions with long-term climate goals, thereby fostering sustainable, inclusive economic growth and supporting non-G20 countries in their climate ambitions.

• Long-Term Strategies (LTSs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are synergistic processes that can share governance arrangements, stakeholder consultations, and modeling exercises to create sectoral pathways.
• LTSs provide the long-term perspective necessary to guide current development trajectories and near-term decisions toward Paris Agreement goals, while NDC implementation ensures these near-term actions align with those strategies and broader sustainable development objectives.
• Immediate transformation is required to reduce global emissions by half by 2030 to meet the 1.5°C target, a process that can simultaneously drive economic growth, job creation, and health improvements.
• G20 nations have a significant role in assisting non-G20 countries with the development of their LTSs and the enhancement and implementation of their NDCs.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Scaling Up Ambition: Leveraging Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Strategies to Achieve the Paris Agreement Goals. https://www.wri.org/research/scaling-ambition-leveraging-nationally-determined-contributions-and-long-term-strategies

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Scaling Up Ambition: Leveraging Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Strategies to Achieve the Paris Agreement Goals. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/scaling-ambition-leveraging-nationally-determined-contributions-and-long-term-strategies.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendscaling, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Scaling Up Ambition: Leveraging Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Strategies to Achieve the Paris Agreement Goals}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/scaling-ambition-leveraging-nationally-determined-contributions-and-long-term-strategies}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }