{"id":17290,"date":"2015-12-08T13:11:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T13:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=publication&p=17290"},"modified":"2024-08-19T14:59:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T13:59:40","slug":"beyond-the-targets-assessing-the-political-credibility-of-intended-nationally-determined-contributions-indcs","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/publication\/beyond-the-targets-assessing-the-political-credibility-of-intended-nationally-determined-contributions-indcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the targets: assessing the political credibility of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An updated version of this report is now available<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Evidence shows that the emissions reduction pledges put forward in countries’ Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) ahead of COP21 in Paris are not sufficiently ambitious to keep the increase in global average temperature below the internationally agreed 2°C threshold. However, while emissions targets are important, alone they say little about countries’ ability for credible policy implementation. This paper assesses the credibility of the INDCs submitted by G20 countries. It scores each country’s INDC against the key determinates of national policy credibility. For the purpose of this analysis these are defined as:<\/p>\n