Governance

• Reference to gender or women:
  No direct referencing to women or gender.
   

• Context for the reference:
  No Reference to gender or women.
   

• The ways in which women are positioned in the NDC:
  No reference on women positioned as beneficiaries.
   

Planning

• The existence of gender-responsive budgeting in the NDC:
  No mention.
   

• The existence of a participatory planning process for the NDC:
  No mention in the NDC, However the INDC mentioned that all its members states  acted Jointly.
   

Implementation

• The existence of a mechanism or process for monitoring or implementing the NDC:
  Not Mentioned.
  
  
• Implementation:
  Not Ambitious, However  the INDC mentioned that the EU and its Member States look forward to discussing with other Parties the fairness and ambition of INDCs in the context of the below 2°C objective, their aggregate contribution to that objective and on ways to collectively increase ambition further.

Governance

• Reference to gender or women:
  Yes, there is reference to Gender.
   

• Context for the reference:
  Yes, The UK is dedicated to promoting equality and inclusion, including women’s empowerment and gender equality. Public authorities must fulfill responsibilities set out under the UK’s Equality Act (2010).
   

• The ways in which women are positioned in the NDC:
  Yes, The UK supports gender balance programmes in physics and computing to increase Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) take up amongst girls. For example, the UK Government is funding the Institute of Physics to deliver the Improving Gender Balance research trial. This randomised control trial will scale up an approach that has shown significant early promise in increasing girls’ uptake of A level physics.
   

Planning

• The existence of gender-responsive budgeting in the NDC:
  No mention, However,  UK’s Climate Change Act introduced carbon budgets for the UK Government, which cap emissions over successive five-year periods and must be set 12 years in advance. The first five carbon budgets cover the period from 2008-32, with the sixth carbon budget (2033-38) due to be set by mid-2021.
   

• The existence of a participatory planning process for the NDC:

  Yes, the NDC Mentions that the level of the UK’s NDC was informed by guidance from the CCC which relies on a range of evidence, including expert and stakeholder sources. I.e the CCC has in the past run public calls for evidence, roundtables and workshops with non- governmental organisations (NGOs), industry stakeholders and trade associations, and held more than 200 meetings with individual stakeholders across all sectors.
   

Implementation

• The existence of a mechanism or process for monitoring or implementing the NDC:
  Yes, it mentions that The UK GHG Inventory is reviewed regularly by UN technical experts and is revised each year to incorporate methodological improvements, changes to international reporting guidelines and new data where necessary.
  
  
• Implementation:
  Yes, The UK’s NDC represents a step forward for the UK’s ambition to tackle climate change over the next ten years, as the UK accelerates towards meeting the legally binding commitment to net zero by 2050. It is a significant increase from the UK’s previous contribution to the EU’s Intended NDC of 40% by 2030, which was estimated to be a 53% UK reduction on reference levels.
  
  

Reference to Any National Policy document:

UK and Northern Ireland