At COP26, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) urged Parties that have not yet communicated new or updated NDCs to do so as soon as possible before COP27. (Decision 1/CMA.3, para. 28) The CMA requested Parties to revisit and strengthen 2030 targets in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to align with the Paris Agreement temperature goal by the end of 2022. (Decision 1/CMA.3, para. 29)
The CMA also urged Parties that have not communicated LT-LEDS towards just transitions to net zero emissions by or around mid-century to submit these strategies by COP27. The CMA invited Parties to update LT-LEDS regularly in line with the best available science and noted the importance of aligning NDCs with LT-LEDS. (Decision 1/CMA.3, paras. 32, 33 and 35)
On 22 April, the UNFCCC secretariat notified Parties and observer groups of important dates and approaches for the NDC Synthesis Report and LT-LEDS Synthesis Report. The secretariat is planning to publish the 2022 version of the NDC and LT-LEDS synthesis reports by 21 October 2022, updated on the basis of NDCs and LT-LEDS communicated by 23 September 2022.