This document guides Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on the preparation and design of intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs).

As the world heads towards the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP21) in December 2015, governments are determining what effort they will make to reduce emissions and address climate change. Commitments for the post-2020 period are being made through pledges known as intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs).

This report goes through the choices Parties will face in preparing and designing their INDCs, laid out in five general steps: identifying the benefits of an INDC, organising the INDC process, identifying data and analysis to inform the INDC, designing the INDC, and communicating the INDC.

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