As the Paris Agreement turns 10, one of its most transformative innovations deserves a spotlight: long-term low-emissions development strategies (LT-LEDS). What began as voluntary tools for a handful of countries has evolved into a cornerstone of global climate planning, helping nations worldwide navigate complex decisions...
From Commitments to Action: Bridging Climate, Development, and Finance captures strategic insights from the 2025 LT-LEDS Global Convening held in Berlin on 9-10 June 2025. The document captures highlights from the discussions, aiming to provide actionable insights that can help inform COP30, strengthen NDC 3.0,...
This briefing note captures insights from the 2050 Pathways Platform’s regional convening held in Jakarta in September 2024, as part of the IKI-funded “2050 Is Now” project. Bringing together government representatives, experts, and development partners from Asia, Latin America, and Africa, the event focused on strengthening...
This guide was developed through close collaboration between the 2050 Pathways Platform and the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Initiative (DDP) at IDDRI. In order to help countries achieve alignment of short-term plans with the long-term systemic transformations needed to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, it provides...
Long-Term Strategies (LTS) are a crucial part of the global response to climate change, acting as comprehensive frameworks that guide nations in their transition to net-zero emissions. However, the path to net-zero by 2050 is complex, filled with uncertainties that make planning and decision-making challenging. To...
Countries use climate finance strategies to assess fiscal needs and guide public and private finances to achieve mitigation goals and meet adaptation challenges. They make it possible to identify the barriers to financing for these purposes and mechanisms to overcome them, such as counter incentives,...
This guidance note from the 2050 Pathways Platform, and prepared with analytical support from Vivid Economics, provide guidance on ways countries can advance the inclusion of macroeconomics and finance in their long-term low-emission development strategies....
This guidance note from the 2050 Pathways Platform, and prepared with analytical support from Vivid Economics, provide guidance on ways countries can advance the inclusion of agriculture, forestry and other land use in long-term low-emission development strategies....
This guidance note from the 2050 Pathways Platform, and prepared with analytical support from Vivid Economics, provide guidance on ways countries can advance the inclusion of adaptation and resilience in their long-term strategies. LTS-Adaptation-Resilience_FINAL102822Download ...
This technical paper presents guidance on how to conduct 2050 pathways analyses. It suggests criteria, principles and building blocks for a successful development of pathways, as well as selected illustrations. It is intended to be read together with: Why Develop 2050 Pathways? This paper is...