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"""Nationally Determined Contributions are key to reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement. Much has been said about the need to make NDCs more ambitious over time. But ambition alone is not enough: NDCs must also be effective. This book, with contributions from some of the most renowned experts in the field, shows that countries can achieve this by enhancing the transparency, strengthening the coherence, and ensuring the implementability of their NDCs. The book is a must-read for everybody working on climate policy and aspiring to contribute to successful climate action around the world."" - Christiana Figueres, Founding Partner of Global Optimism, and former Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ""Nationally Determined Contributions are the cornerstone of the Paris Agreement. The agreement’s effectiveness is built on the assumption that governments are willing to ratchet up NDCs over time and really achieve their contributions. I have worked intensively on NDC development and updates in a number of countries with very diverse characteristics. Often, I was struck by the gap between high-level targets and lack of serious implementation on the ground. I thus commend Pieter Pauw, Richard Klein and their co-authors for putting the spotlight on the need for transparent, coherent and implementable NDCs. Hopefully, policymakers will study the book and close the implementation gap!"" - Dr Axel Michaelowa, Head of the group on International Climate Policy at the University of Zurich and senior founding partner of the consultancy ‘Perspectives’ ""Large differences in the policy priorities, development status and greenhouse gas emissions of countries make it a highly complex undertaking to share the global responsibility to address climate change among countries. The Paris Agreement relies on countries’ self-determined ambitions to address climate change in the context of the global objective to prevent dangerous climate change. The chapters in this book can help to improve future NDCs and to ensure that the global governance system created in Paris delivers in practice. The book is highly recommended to everybody working on climate policy and international cooperation. - Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner, President of the German Environment Agency (UBA)"

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Pieter Pauw is policy advisor and senior researcher at the Frankfurt School – UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy and adjunct assistant professor at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development of Utrecht University. He has published extensively on adaptation, climate finance and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Richard Klein (Stockholm Environment Institute) has conducted research and provided policy advice on climate adaptation since 1992. He has served as lead author in six IPCC reports and co-led the Nordic Centre of Excellence for Strategic Adaptation Research. He founded the journal Climate and Development and was its editor-in-chief for ten years. In 2016, he received the Burtoni Award for excellence in adaptation research.

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