List of information for INDCs

The World Resources Institute provides a comprehensive list of information elements that Parties may include in their INDCs to improve transparency. Based on the Lima Call for Climate Action and Greenhouse Gas Protocol standards, the guide details requirements for reference points, implementation timeframes, scope, planning processes, methodological assumptions, and justifications for fairness and ambition.

• The guide recommends that Parties provide quantifiable information on their reference points, including the base year or period and the corresponding emissions, emissions intensity, or projected baseline scenario emissions.
• For the scope and coverage of an INDC, the document suggests specifying the sectors covered, the specific greenhouse gases included, the geographical coverage, and the percentage of national emissions covered relative to the most recent national inventory.
• The document outlines detailed methodological requirements for accounting, including the use of IPCC inventory methodologies, the treatment of the land sector, and the specifics of international market mechanisms, such as limits on the percentage of reductions achieved through such units and the avoidance of double counting.
• Parties are encouraged to justify how their contributions are fair and ambitious by comparing them against indicators such as emissions per capita, GDP, vulnerability to climate change, and total mitigation potential based on technical and economic feasibility.

APA

World Resources Institute (2015). List of information for INDCs. https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/List_of_information_for_INDCs.pdf

Chicago

World Resources Institute. List of information for INDCs. 2015. https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/List_of_information_for_INDCs.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2015list, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{List of information for INDCs}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2015}, month = mar, url = {https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/List_of_information_for_INDCs.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }