The NDC Insights Series, a flagship knowledge product of UNDP's Climate Promise 2025 initiative, provides the latest updates and emerging trends on the preparation of new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) due for submission to the UNFCCC in 2025. Tasked by the United Nations Secretary-General, UNDP is leading a coordinated UN system wide effort to support developing countries in their preparation of these new NDCs. This Insight Series, released monthly by UNDP, will share timely analysis, critical insights and explore the latest thematic trends we are seeing in the 2025 submission cycle. 

September/October Issue 7: This NDC Insights Issue will dive into the latest trends on submitted NDCs related to both ambition and quality. It also captures insights on policy coherence, specifically how NDCs are aligned with development plans and other policy instruments, namely across the Rio Conventions. Finally, this issue spotlights just transition as an emerging trend articulated in countries’ new NDCs.