Americas

The first NDC submissions of countries in the Americas contribute the most to SDG 15 'Life on Land' (14%) and SDG 7 'Affordable and Clean Energy' (12%). For SDG 15 the highest contributions relate to Target '15.2 Promote sustainable forest management and expansion and halt deforestation' (51%) and Target '15.1 Conserve, restore and sustainbly use inland freshwater ecosystems' (15%). Here, the main climate actions are related to 'Conservation, restoration and rehabilitation of ecosystems' (15%) and 'Forest management' (15%). For SDG 7 the highest contributions relate to Target '7.2 Increase share of renewable energy' (48%) and Target '7.3 Double the rate of improvement in energy efficiency' (37%). Here, the main climate actions are related to 'Energy efficiency' (20%) and 'Clean and renewable energy' (18%).

The updated NDC submissions of countries in the Americas contribute the most to SDG 7 'Affordable and Clean Energy' (17%) and SDG 13 'Climate Action' (12%). For SDG 7 the highest contributions relate to Target '7.2 Increase share of renewable energy' (52%) and Target '7.3 Double the rate of improvement in energy efficiency' (37%). Here, the main climate actions are related to 'Clean and renewable energy' (23%) and 'Energy efficiency' (18%). For SDG 13 the highest contributions relate to Target '13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change issues' (43%) and Target '13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related and natural disasters' (31%). Here, the main climate actions are related to 'Strengthened institutional capacity for adaptation' (17%) and 'Mainstreaming' (16%).