Acknowledgements
This Partnership in Action report reflects the NDC Partnership’s collective progress driving climate action through the 2021–2025 Work Program, measured through four “impact pathways”:
- Accelerating NDC implementation
- Raising NDC ambition and quality
- Mobilizing financing for climate action
- Mainstreaming NDCs and sustainable development goals (SDGs) into development plans and budgets
This progress is made possible by the Partnership’s committed membership. As of April 2025, the NDC Partnership has grown from 43 members in 2016 to 240 members — 133 countries (114 developing and 19 developed), 60 Institutional Members and 47 Associate Members — working together to achieve the Paris Agreement and advance sustainable development.
The NDC Partnership is led by two Co-Chairs, Denmark and Brazil, who provide political leadership and governance, and guided by a Steering Committee of Country and Institutional Members who define and oversees the Work Program, ensuring strategic direction and impact.
The Partnership’s work is facilitated by a Support Unit, hosted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Bonn, Germany, and World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, DC.
We appreciate the vision and funding that enable the Support Unit (SU) and the Partnership Action Fund (PAF) to implement our shared commitments, provided by our development partners: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States and Canada.
Acronyms
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| AOSIS | Alliance of Small Island States |
| BMU | Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation Building and Nuclear Safety (Germany) |
| BMZ | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) |
| CAEP | Climate Action Enhancement Package |
| CBIT | Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency |
| COP | Conference of the Parties |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DFI | Development Finance Institution |
| DPSIR | Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact and Response (Framework) |
| EU | European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| GCF | Green Climate Fund |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
| GIZ | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit |
| GRZ | Government of the Republic of Zambia |
| ICAT | Initiative for Climate Action Transparency |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IRENA | International Renewable Energy Agency |
| ITMO | Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcome |
| JICA | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| LDC | Least Developed Country |
| LT-LEDS | Long-Term Low Emissions Development Strategy |
| LTS | Long-term Strategy |
| MDB | Multilateral Development Bank |
| MRV | Measurement, Reporting and Verification |
| NAMA | Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions |
| NAP | National Adaptation Plan |
| NBSAP | National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan |
| NDC | Nationally Determined Contributions |
| NGO | Non-governmental Organization |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PIF | Pacific Islands Forum |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SIDS | Small Islands Developing States |
| SPC | Pacific Community |
| SPREP | Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme |
| STAP | Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCAP | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNOPS | United Nations Office for Project Management |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USD | United States Dollar |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| WRI | World Resources Institute |
| WWF | World Wildlife Fund |