CAN’s strategy aims to build, sustain and renew pressure on governments, particularly the world’s largest emitters and the richest countries. They must lead by example and deliver transformative and comprehensive climate action plans that take a whole-society approach to keep warming below 1.5ºC. CAN calls for enhanced, ambitious, equitable and people-centered Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), driven by a rights-based approach. This means they have to be inclusive, representative and transparent. Their development must involve the full and meaningful participation of civil society from the outset.
As countries are preparing the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which are due by early 2025, CAN has prepared NDC guidelines (available in English, Spanish and French), articulated around four pillars:
- Responding to the GST outcomes and beyond
- Reflecting equity through Fair Shares
- Solidarity and Justice
- Adequate finance to respond to needs
NDC 3.0 Briefs
Throughout 2025, CAN will release regular briefs evaluating how countries’ new NDCs align with our guidelines and their four key pillars.
BRAZIL
A step forward in advancing adaptation and climate justice, but a missed opportunity for ambitious mitigation, zero-deforestation, and fossil fuel phase-out
CANADA
Unambitious targets pave the way for continued reliance on a fossil fuel-based economy
JAPAN
Betting on carbon offsets and nuclear energy while avoiding ambitious 1.5°C-aligned action
UAE
UAE’s fossil fuel expansion obscured by reliance on risky negative emissions technology and dubious climate targets
COLOMBIA
Strong climate justice rhetoric, adaptation focus, and partial fossil fuel phase-out
UK
Insufficient commitments to phase out fossil fuels and provide international climate finance
CHINA
Unambitious emissions targets and absent just transition, despite major renewable energy expansion
SOUTH AFRICA
No coal phase-out amidst development challenges, but ambitious adaptation plans
