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DOI	10.1002/wcc.589
	Nationally Determined Contributions: Material climate commitments and discursive positioning in the NDCs
	Mills-Novoa M.; Liverman D.M.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	1757-7780
EISSN	1757-7779
卷号	10 期号:5
英文摘要	In the lead-up to the 2015 Conference of Parties meeting in Paris, 186 countries, representing over 95% of global emissions, submitted Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The NDCs outline national goals for greenhouse gas emission reductions and identify financial needs for unfolding mitigation and adaptation efforts. In this study, we review various analyses of the NDCs that cover the aggregate impact and strength of emissions reduction commitments and discuss recent literature on the adequacy and sectoral focus of the NDCs. We then argue that the NDCs are more than just goal setting reports; they are important discursive documents that are contested, negotiated, and ongoing. To supplement the existing literature, we examine the discursive narratives embedded in the NDCs from the 19 founding nations of the Climate Vulnerable Forum and the top 10 greenhouse gas emitters. Our literature review of quantitative and sectoral aspects of the NDCs highlights the inadequacy of the NDC commitments in the context of limiting warming to 2°C, discusses the uncertainties in the promised mitigation strategies, and identifies the reliance of many countries on policies such as those on forests or renewable energy. Our own analysis of the discourses in the NDCs adds critical depth by highlighting the stark contrasts in NDC discourses between North and South, as well as between historical emitters and emerging economies. These contrasts reflect deeper debates regarding justice and equity between nations within the UNFCCC negotiations. This article is categorized under: Climate and Development > Decoupling Emissions from Development. © 2019 The Authors. WIREs Climate Change published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
英文关键词	adaptation; discourse; environmental governance; mitigation; Nationally Determined Contributions
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Emission control; adaptation; discourse; Environmental governances; mitigation; Nationally Determined Contributions; Greenhouse gases; adaptive management; carbon emission; climate change; emission control; environmental management; greenhouse gas; warming
来源期刊	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/129927
作者单位	School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mills-Novoa M.,Liverman D.M.. Nationally Determined Contributions: Material climate commitments and discursive positioning in the NDCs[J],2019,10(5).
APA	Mills-Novoa M.,&Liverman D.M..(2019).Nationally Determined Contributions: Material climate commitments and discursive positioning in the NDCs.Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change,10(5).
MLA	Mills-Novoa M.,et al."Nationally Determined Contributions: Material climate commitments and discursive positioning in the NDCs".Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 10.5(2019).