The Deep Decarbonization Pathways initiative

helps global and national decision-makers take action towards a deeply decarbonized world with drastically reduced inequalities.

It is an international collaboration of experts, who share common scientific methods to elaborate robust analyses and engage with stakeholders.

The DDP initiative is led by the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations

DDP Network

We are a global network of in-country experts who share common scientific methods, helping governments identify realistic pathways to deep decarbonization.We ground our national and international engagement on the principles of being country-driven, country-led, country-owned.

DDP initiative is conducting a number of projects covering different geographical areas and topics:

In-country DDP Teams with

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The Pathways Designer

How do we turn global climate goals into national realities?

Designed by the DDP initiative, the Pathways Designer goes beyond conventional calculators. It provides decision-makers and partners with a structured framework to design decarbonization pathways that reflect their unique economic and social priorities.

Publications

October 2025

DDP Report 2025

A Decade of National Climate Action

Stocktake And The Road Ahead

Complementarily to globalheadlines, the report is grounded on a detailed analysis of climate action at the national level from DDP experts across 21 countries, representing a diversity of geographies, levels of development, and sizes (Argentina Brazil Canada, China, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, France, EU, Germany, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Thailand, United States).

November 2024

DDP Report 2024

Making it happen: national pathways to net zero

Reconciling urgent action and transformational change

This 2024 report analyzes detailed scenarios from ten countries collectively representing nearly half of the world's population and a significant portion of global emissions: Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and the United States, based on in-country perspectives from local experts. The report's deep decarbonization scenarios showcase a variety of pathways to achieve carbon neutrality while maintaining economic growth and improving social well-being

June 2026

Trajectoires de long-terme pour un développement sobre en carbone et résilient aux changements climatiques au Sénégal

Enjeux et contribution de la transition énergétique

This final report presents the outcomes and key findings of the DDP-Senegal project, led by Enda Energie, supervised by the DDP secretariat at IDDRI, which was launched in 2021 by the Ministry of the Environment and Ecological Transition (METE) and the Ministry of Energy, Petroleum, and Mines (MEPM), and conducted within the framework of a partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD). This report describes model-based scenarios exploring how Senegal’s long-term development choices can support a transition toward a low-carbon and climate-resilient future. Built through a national co-construction process involving public institutions, researchers, civil society, and technical experts, it examines how energy transition pathways can align climate objectives with economic development, energy access, and national priorities through 2050.

Highlights

New tool

2026

Launch of the Pathways Designer tool – Designing pathways for real-world decarbonization

The Pathways Designer designs credible, country-specific decarbonization pathways, drawing on more than a decade of DDP experience working with countries (...)

Forum

2026

Participation in the International Transport Forum (ITF) 2026 Summit

Nicolas Beaumont (Transport Advisor for the DDP Initiative) will participate at the ITF 2026 Forum on May, 7 at 12:30 pm in the session: "The Missing Link for 1.5°C and supply chain resilience : Scaling 'Avoid & Shift' for freight transport through International Cooperation"

Publication

2026

Ten Years After Paris: Transition Outlook

The DDP country one-pagers are a snapshot of full chapters from the 2025 report "A Decade of National Climate Action: Stocktake And The Road Ahead"

Meeting

2025

Participation in the REN21 Steering Committee Meeting

Ignacio Sagardoy from Fundación Bariloche joined colleagues from around the world to take part in the Steering Committee meeting of REN21

DDP-Initiative

Blog

2024

Going from word to action in food- and land use transitions – what progress at COP29?

What progress do we have at COP29 on food and land use transitions?

New tool

2026

Launch of the Pathways Designer tool – Designing pathways for real-world decarbonization

The Pathways Designer designs credible, country-specific decarbonization pathways, drawing on more than a decade of DDP experience working with countries (...)

Forum

2026

Participation in the International Transport Forum (ITF) 2026 Summit

Publication

2026

Ten Years After Paris: Transition Outlook

The DDP country one-pagers are a snapshot of full chapters from the 2025 report "A Decade of National Climate Action: Stocktake And The Road Ahead"

Meeting

2025

Participation in the REN21 Steering Committee Meeting

Ignacio Sagardoy from Fundación Bariloche joined colleagues from around the world to take part in the Steering Committee meeting of REN21

DDP-Initiative

Blog

2024

Going from word to action in food- and land use transitions – what progress at COP29?

What progress do we have at COP29 on food and land use transitions?

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from the DDP Initiative

The Deep Decarbonization Pathways initiative

helps global and national decision-makers take action towards a deeply decarbonized world with drastically reduced inequalities.

DDP Network

The Pathways Designer

How do we turn global climate goals into national realities?

Publications

A Decade of National Climate Action

Stocktake And The Road Ahead

Making it happen: national pathways to net zero

Reconciling urgent action and transformational change

Trajectoires de long-terme pour un développement sobre en carbone et résilient aux changements climatiques au Sénégal

Enjeux et contribution de la transition énergétique

Highlights

Launch of the Pathways Designer tool – Designing pathways for real-world decarbonization

Participation in the International Transport Forum (ITF) 2026 Summit

Ten Years After Paris: Transition Outlook

Participation in the REN21 Steering Committee Meeting

Going from word to action in food- and land use transitions – what progress at COP29?

Launch of the Pathways Designer tool – Designing pathways for real-world decarbonization

Participation in the International Transport Forum (ITF) 2026 Summit

Ten Years After Paris: Transition Outlook

Participation in the REN21 Steering Committee Meeting

Going from word to action in food- and land use transitions – what progress at COP29?

Explore all publications

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