2024 Group Assignment
Presentation and critical review of the country/ region/ corporate green transition/ low carbon or
decarbonization strategy
Green Transition from International and European Perspective

Task at hand:
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•By a group of two students
•Select any country, region, municipality of  company with publicly available NDC, green transition
or climate/ decarbonisation strategy/ report and targets
•Where to look for examples:
•Natiional Determined Contribution Rergister - https://unfccc.int/NDCREG
•SBTi: https://sciencebasedtargets.org/companies-taking-action#dashboard (2,199 companies with
approved targets)
•CDP: https://www.cdp.net/en/responses (sign-in required, free)
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Presentation structure (max 10 slides, 15 minutes):

1)Brief information about the country, region, company including: geography, size, areas of
business activities, GHG emission profile, sources of GHG emissions, size of carbon footprint per
scope and categories, proposed targets/ measures, monitoring system
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2)Benchmarking: comparison of country commitments or companies’ relevant KPIs with other countries
or companies in the same geography, typology, sector and other industry benchmarks
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3)Critical review of relevance, completeness, consistency, transparency and accuracy of the
strategy and recommendations for improvement, assessing all or some of the areas mentioned below
under items 5-7
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Presentation structure (max 10 slides, 15 minutes):
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5)Climate risks assessment: what are the material risks for the country/ company associated with
climate change/ green transition based on geography, structure of economy,  nature of its business
activities and assets and their location?
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6)Country/ corporate decarbonisation targets: short-term and long-term d targets and their critical
review for alignment with Paris goals (1,5 or 2C)
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7)Climate/ green transition  policies, action plans and resources:
a.Decarbonisation: Policies and actions to reduce emissions and/or achieve net zero (regulatory,
technological, organizational, compensatory actions, etc)
b.Adaptation: Policies and actions to mitigate exposure to climate risks
c.Use of R&D and innovation
d.Climate governance
e.Financing
5)List of literature/ references

Other useful sources:
•SBTi sectoral guidance on science-based target setting:
•https://sciencebasedtargets.org/sectors
•Sectoral net zero emission pathways (via google), e.g.:
•Steel: https://www.netzerosteelpathwayproject.com
•Fashion: https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/Milestones.pdf
•Climate risk assessments:
•National Communication to UNFCCC: https://unfccc.int/non-annex-I-NCs and https://unfccc.int/NC7
•Sectoral assessments: e.g. energy
https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/metadata/publications/climate-change-risk-assessment-energy