The NDC and LTS Support program is a strategic initiative within the CSF that seeks to promote and support the development, enhancement, and implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Long-Term, Low-Emission Development Strategies (LTSs) in World Bank client countries. The NDC and LTS Support program builds off the work of the NDC Support Facility (NDC-SF), a multi-donor trust fund established in 2016 to assist countries in implementing NDCs pledged under the Paris Agreement. As the NDC-SF will be gradually phased out and closed in December 2022, new activities related to NDC implementation and enhancement will continue to be supported through the CSF¡¯s NDC and LTS Support program. The CSF has already allocated $15 million to the program to be distributed across the Bank¡¯s seven regional units.
Activities under this program will be implemented in close coordination with the country engagement process of the , a global coalition of countries and institutions working together to mobilize financial and technical support to achieve countries¡¯ climate goals and enhance sustainable development.
In addition to country-level activities, the NDC and LTS Support program contributes to analytics, knowledge sharing, capacity-building, and improving cross-sectoral coordination among government stakeholders, donors, and private sector entities. The program works with other trust funds at the World Bank, in and beyond the Bank¡¯s Climate Change Group, to maximize financial leverage for in-country climate action.