FCCC/CP/2015/7

FCCC/CP/2015/7
75. By that same decision, the COP requested the secretariat to prepare, by 1 November
2015, a synthesis report on the aggregate effect of the INDCs communicated by Parties by
1 October 2015. 26
76. This document was prepared in response to that request and presents a synthesis of
the aggregate effect of the 119 INDCs covering 147 Parties received by 1 October 2015.
Chapter II.B provides an overview of the communicated INDCs, including their coverage
and key components. Chapter II.C presents the approach and methods used for assessing
the aggregate effect of the INDCs, as well as key challenges and assumptions adopted;
chapter II.D provides a synthesis of the information contained in the INDCs; and chapter
II.E presents the aggregate effect of the INDCs, with the exception of information relating
to the adaptation component of the INDCs. Chapter II.F focuses on the adaptation
component of the INDCs. An online technical annex contains further detailed information
on the methodology used for the quantitative assessment contained in this report. 27
B. Overview of the intended nationally determined contributions
77. As at 1 October 2015, 119 INDCs had been communicated to the secretariat,
covering 147 Parties to the Convention, 28 including one regional economic integration
organization, 29 representing 75 per cent of Parties and covering 86 per cent of global
emissions in 2010. 30
78. The communicated INDCs vary in their form, structure and content, reflecting
different national circumstances. All Parties included information on their plans to reduce
GHG emissions or enhance sinks, either in the form of mitigation targets or in the form of
strategies, plans and actions for low GHG emission development. A synthesis of that
information is presented in chapter II.D below. 100 Parties, accounting for 84 per cent of
the INDCs, also included an adaptation component in their INDCs, an overview of which is
presented in chapter II.F below.
26 Decision 1/CP.20, paragraph 16(b).
27 Available at .
28 Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia,
Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo,
Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada,
Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan,
Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia and the
European Commission on behalf of the European Union and its member States (Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland) acting jointly, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives,
Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro,
Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay,
Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa,
San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon
Islands, South Africa, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Republic of
Tanzania, United Stated of America, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
29 The INDC of the European Union and its member States is counted as one INDC representing 29
Parties (the European Union and its 28 member States).
30 Source: database developed for the preparation of this synthesis report.
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