In collaboration with UN Environment Programme, One Planet network - 10YFP, UNDP, and UN Climate Change, a Digital Toolbox for Building Circularity into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) has just been launched at the Middle East & North Africa Climate Week.
This “Building Circularity into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) - A Practical Toolbox” aims to support countries both in the global north and global south to identify, prioritize, implement and track circular economy interventions for increased ambition and implementation of their NDCs.
The toolbox aims to provide policymakers with a methodology, resources, and tools to help:
- Assess and identify GHG emissions hotspots from material use to prioritize sectors and/or sub-sectors in the NDC for circular economy interventions for increased climate ambition;
- Assess and select circular economy interventions in prioritized sectors/sub-sectors for the NDC;
- Identify policy instruments and indicators for the implementation of selected circular economy interventions in the NDC; and
- Track and report progress in the national Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) under the Paris Agreement.
The toolbox is organized in four stages to leverage a country’s policy cycle. Each stage includes a set of steps and key questions to consider as well as tools and case studies. An overview of the stages and steps is below.
