While national commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have successfully bent the global emissions curve downward, they are still projected to result in a global temperature rise of 2.6-3.1°C. This is dangerously higher than both the level of warming that scientists advise for a climate-safe world, and the 1.5° C of warming that countries agreed to work toward, as reflected in the Paris Agreement. These commitments, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement, are in the process of being enhanced in advance of the 2021 climate negotiations (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland.

This paper categorizes actions that can be taken to enhance NDCs with climate-friendly cooling, summarizing the work being done in 10 countries, as well as signposting how an additional 45 countries have included climatefriendly cooling in their enhanced NDCs. This paper categorizes the types of action that countries can take to enhance their NDCs with climate-friendly cooling.

This paper summarizes the work being done in the 10 countries receiving support from the NDC Support Facility, as well as providing an overview of how an additional 45 countries have included climate-friendly cooling in their enhanced NDCs. In so doing, the paper aims to increase the understanding of how climate-friendly cooling can enhance NDCs, and inspire more governments to follow the examples set by these countries, so that the world can secure greater climate ambition by COP26.