2050 is now: Aligning climate action with long-term climate and development goals
This project will provide governments and in-country research institutes and other relevant stakeholders with tools and analysis to strengthen Long-term strategies on the mitigation of greenhouse gases (LTS) with a strong focus on energy and land-use and food systems, in line with national development goals. Therefore the project will help to align short- and medium-term sectoral, economic and national development plans with LTS, including supporting a just transition. This includes to identify opportunities to enhance Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), on the basis of LTS, while achieving development goals. The project will also build capacity beyond focus countries through convenings, research, and lesson-sharing. The project will improve governments’ readiness to increase ambition and implement actions in line with the long-term transitions necessary to limit warming and adapt to climate change as envisioned in the Paris Agreement.
- Countries
- Argentina, India, Indonesia, Brazil
- IKI funding
- 19,187,378.00 €
- Included preparation phase
- 812,621.63 €
- Duration
- 06/2023 till 05/2027
- Status
- open
- Implementing organisation
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- Political Partner
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- Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
- National Institution for Transforming (NITI Aayog) - India
- State Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS) - Indonesia
- Undersecretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development - Argentina
- Implementing Partner
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- Fundación Bariloche
- Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) - Frankreich
- Stichting European Climate Foundation
- Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) - USA
- World Resources Institute (WRI) - India
- World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia
- WRI Brazil
State of implementation/results
- Since the start of the project in June 2023 on the global level the following activities have happened:
- Finalized arrangements with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory who, on behalf of the Global Climate Action Partnership, will lead energy sector activities for the consortium.
- Hosted a regional convening in Jakarta, Indonesia to showcase best practices and lessons learned on LT-LEDS development, and enable South-South cooperation.
- Engaging with the NDC Partnership to support requests on NDCs and LT-LEDS.
- Kicked-off webinar series for 2025.
- Delivered a Just Energy Transition peer learning session.
- Launched a knowledge portal for sharing resources on LT-LEDS.
- Argentina
- Published a paper detailing spatial framework for mapping mammal extinction risk.
- Created a bilingual ecosystem services manual for use by planners and policymakers to incorporate ecosystems services into land-use and conservation strategies.
- Developed a spatial visualizer tool for identifying and prioritizing conservation areas while ensuring efforts align with sustainable land management and Argentina's environmental goals.
- Modelled three climate-resilient food and land-use systems pathways to show the feasibility of achieving carbon neutrality in the AFOLU sector by 2050.
- Developed DecarboNation: an educational tool that explores policy impacts related to agriculture, conservation and emissions reductions.
- India
- Organized national and subnational multistakeholder dialogues on the strategic transitions in India’s LT-LEDS to identify research and capacity-building needs for climate planning and implementation.
- Published two working papers exploring scenario analysis of India’s power and transport sectors, and an expert note on decarbonizing India’s industrial sector.
- MA, Ramya., S. Chakrabarty.2024. “Pathways to decarbonize India’s transport sector: Scenario analysis using the Energy Policy Simulator” Working Paper. Available online at: WRI India. Available online at: doi.org/…
- Dayal, S., V. Agarwal, and A. Hingne. 2025. “Pathways to Net Zero: Policies and Measures for Industrial Decarbonization in India.” Expert Note. New Delhi: WRI India. Available online at: doi.org/…
- Updated the India Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) datasets and policy settings for the industry, transport and buildings sectors.
- Participated in regular meetings of the India Climate and Energy Modelling Forum, presenting results from the India EPS model.
- Initiated impact analysis of policies and data collection for a state-level energy calculator tool in Madhya Pradesh to support with the formulation of their LT-LEDS.
- Organised tow capacity building workshops in Madhya Pradesh related to energy-economy modelling and carbon markets.
- Indonesia
- Commenced discussions with BAPPENAS to provide support on the next generation NDC and LT-LEDs, including policy advisory support based on the consortium’s low carbon modelling results.
- Aligned project work with GIZ-CLARITY, with an agreement to focus on sectoral decarbonization such as on agriculture and industry, and on climate adaptation.
- Initiated energy modelling, which will examine upstream issues such as coal mining and critical mineral and the dynamics with just transition aspects.
- Held an event at COP29 to allow representatives from government to share the country’s strategy, challenges and best practices in developing LT-LEDSs aligned with development goals.
- Updating the ENGAGE model to support power sector modelling and analysis at the subnational level to inform low-carbon energy system roadmap development.
Latest Update:
06/2025
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