National level climate investment plans slow to arrive

Acting as important catalysts for country level climate policies and actions, and forming part of the Paris Agreement, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) underpin investments in clean energy growth, sustainable transportation development and climate resilient infrastructure.

The first NDCs were part of the Paris Agreement agreed by all 196 Parties. The first update was in 2020, and the deadline to update these commitments again is by the end of this month. https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/02/cop29-ndcs-and-why-they-matter/. Failure to comply with binding procedural commitments, such as submitting an updated NDC or a mandated report, can trigger review.

To date, it appears that relatively few nations have submitted the required documentation, or to put it another way, most countries have missed the deadline https://sustainabilitymag.com/articles/which-10-nations-met-the-uns-ndc-deadline. Triggering forecast reviews and realignments, future national climate action and investment plans for 2031 to 2035 now seem less clear.

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