CSEET · Economic and Business Environment · Environmental Governance
Under the Paris Agreement, the voluntary climate action plans that each country prepares and communicates, stating its own emission-reduction targets, are called:
They are called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Under the Paris Agreement every party sets its own emission-reduction and adaptation targets, communicates them and updates them periodically. The other options are Kyoto Protocol mechanisms or credits, not the nationally set pledges of the Paris framework.
- ACertified Emission Reductions
- BNationally Determined ContributionsCorrect
- CClean Development Mechanisms
- DJoint Implementation Credits
Explanation
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are country-specific pledges that each party sets for itself and updates periodically. Certified Emission Reductions, the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation are Kyoto Protocol market-based instruments, not the Paris pledge system.
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