Country: Ecuador
Overview: The NDC for ECU is a Business as usual commitment that includes No quantitative adaptation target and is estimated to cost in the range of no (partial) costs mentioned.
- Type of Mitigation Target: 1
- Mitigation Target Details: Business as usual
- Type of Temperature Target: 3
- Temperature Target Details: Mentioning global effort to limit global temperature increase to 1.5?C
- Type of Mitigation Costs: 1
- Costs of Mitigation Details: no (partial) costs mentioned
- Type of Renewable Energy Class: 3
- Renewable Energy Details: Focus area (hydropwer, wind, solar and biogas from landfills)
- Type of Energy Efficiency Class: 3
- Energy Efficiency Details: Focus area (e.g. reduction of gas flaring)
- Type of Trasportation Class: 2
- Transportation Details: Considered (operation of the Quito Metro (22 km) and Cuenca tramway (12km))
- Carbon Capture and Storage Class: 1
- Carbon Capture and Storage Details: Not indicated
- Agriculture Class: 3
- Agriculture Details: Focus area (sustainable livestock practices)
- Land Use and Forestry Class: 3
- Land Use and Forestry Details: Focus area
- Waste Class: 3
- Waste Details: Focus area (promote the active capture of methane in landfills)
- Reducing Non-CO2 Gases Class: 2
- Reducing Non-CO2 Gases Details: Considered (CH4, N2O)
- Fossil Fuel Production Class: 4
- Fossil Fuel Production Details: Action related to fossil fuel production (Cleaner production)
- Fossil Fuel Subsidies Class: 2
- Fossil Fuel Subsidies Details: Considered (e.g. programme to stimulate replacement of Liquefied Gas Cookers by induction cookers)
- Land Use Change Class: 5
- LAnd Use Change Details: quantified, mitigation target
- REDD+ Class: 3
- REDD+ Details: REDD+ specified: strategies for implementation
- Trade Class: 2
- Trade Details: International trade/trade measures mentioned
- Market Mechanism Class: 1
- Market Mechanism Details: Not mentioned
- Mitigation Documents Class: 3
- Mitigation Documents Details: The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador; National Environmental Policy; National Climate Change Strategy; Organic Code of Planning and Public Finance; National Climate Change Strategy 2012-2025;
- Co-Benefits of Mitigation Class: 1
- Co-Benefits of Mitigation Details: No co-benefits of mitigation mentioned
- Migration and Displacement Class: 2
- Migration and Displacement Details: Risk of displacement/migration as a consequence of climate change
- Vulnerability of Agriculture Resources Class: 2
- Vulnerability of Agriculture Resources Details: Sector identified as vulnerable
- Vulnerability of Water Resources Class: 2
- Vulnerability of Water Resources Details: Sector identified as vulnerable
- Vulnerability of Ecosystems Class: 2
- Vulnerability of Ecosystems Details: Sector identified as vulnerable
- Vulnerability of Citizens Health Class: 2
- Vulnerability of Citizens Health Details: Sector identified as vulnerable
- Vulnerability of Coastal Zones Class: 2
- Vulnerability of Coastal Zones Details: Sector identified as vulnerable
- Costs of Recent Climate Related Hazards Class: 1
- Costs of Recent Climate Related Hazards Details: No losses indicated
- Costs of Future Climate Related Hazards Class: 1
- Costs of Future Climate Related Hazards Details: No future losses indicated
- Climate Risks of Extreme Weather Class: 2
- Climate Risks of Extreme Weather Details: Mentioned: increasingly frequent and intense rainfall and extreme temperatures
- Climate Risk of Floods Class: 2
- Climate Risk of Floods Details: Floods mentioned
- Climate Risk of Droughts Class: 2
- Climate Risk of Droughts Details: Droughts mentioned
- Climate Risk of Temperature Increases Class: 2
- Climate Risk of Temperature Increases Details: Temperature increase mentioned
- Climate Risk of Sea Level Rise Class: 2
- Climate Risk of Sea Level Rise Details: Sea level rise mentioned
- Priority Sectors Water Class: 3
- Priority Sectors Water Details: Elaborated on actions/plans/strategies
- Priority Sectors Agriculture Class: 3
- Priority Sectors Agriculture Details: Elaborated on actions/plans/strategies
- Priority Sectors Health Class: 3
- Priority Sectors Health Details:
- Priority Sectors Ecosystems Class: 3
- Priority Sectors Ecosystems Details: Elaborated on actions/plans/strategies
- Priority Sectors Forestry Class: 1
- Priority Sectors Forestry Details: Forestry sector not mentioned
- Quantified Adaptation Targets Class: 1
- Quantified Adaptation Targets Details: No quantitative adaptation target
- Cost of Adaptation Class: 1
- Cost of Adaptation Details: no (partial) costs mentioned
- Adaptation Documents Class: 4
- Adaptation Documents Details: National Environmental Policy; National Climate Change Strategy; Organic Environmental Code; Organic Code of Planning and Public Finance; National Climate Change Strategy 2012-2025; 3rd National Communication to UNFCCC; (NAP);
- Co-Benefits of Adaptation Class: 2
- Co-Benefits of Adaptation Details: Mitigation co-benefit
- Conditionality of Adaptation Finance Class: 3
- Conditionality of Adaptation Finance Details: adaptation finance partly conditional to contribution
- Conditionality of Mitigation Finance Class: 3
- Conditionality of Mitigation Finance Details: mitigation finance partly conditional to contribution
- Technoogy Needs Class: 3
- Technology Needs Details: Specific technology mentioned
- Conditionality of Technology Transfer Class: 3
- Conditionality of Technology Transfer Details: Technology transfer (partly) conditional to INDC implementation
- Conditionality of Capacity Building Class: 3
- Conditionality of Capacity Building Details: Capacity building (partly) conditional to INDC implementation
- Means of Implementation and Fairness Class: 4
- Means of Implementation and Fairness Details: MoI specified in fairness/equity section (capacity building, climate finance, technology transfer)
- Climate Risk Insurance Class: 1
- Climate Risk Insurance Details: Not mentioned
- Planning of NDC Formulation Class: 3
- Planning of NDC Formulation Details: Mentioned with specific elements
- Stakeholder Consultation Class: 3
- Stakeholder Consultation Details: Mentioned, and specific actors indicated: public sector, private sector, academia, civil society, international organizations
- Education Planning Class: 2
- Education Planning Details: Education mentioned
- Awareness Raising Class: 5
- Awareness Raising Details: Education to implement the (I)NDC?Aos mitigation contribution
- Training Class: 4
- Training Details: Training to implement the (I)NDC?Aos adaptation contribution
- Access to Information Class: 4
- Access to Information Details: Information access to implement the (I)NDC?Aos adaptation contribution
- Planning of (I)NDC Implementation Class: 3
- Planning of (I)NDC Implementation Details: Mentioned: creation of specific laws and policies
- Monitoring and Review Class: 1
- Monitoring and Review Details: No section on domestic monitoring and/or evaluation, no reference to international review
- Sustainable Development Goals Class: 3
- Sustainable Development Goals Details: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mentioned
- Sustainable Development Class: 2
- Sustainable Development Details: Sustainable development mentioned
- Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Class: 1
- Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Details: not mentioned
- Green Economy Class: 1
- Green Economy Details: Not mentioned
- Disaster Risk Reduction Class: 4
- Disaster Risk Reduction Details: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction mentioned
- Section on Fairness Class: 2
- Section on Fairness Details: Section included without contextualizing own emissions
- Historical Responsibility Class: 1
- Historical Responsibility Details: Not mentioned
- Loss and Damage Class: 1
- Loss and Damage Details: Not mentioned
- Gender Class: 2
- Gender Details: Mentioned
- Human Rights Class: 1
- Human Rights Details: Not indicated
- Income Class: 2
- Income Details: Upper middle income
- Region ID: 2
- Region Name: Latin America & Caribbean
- G20 Class: 0
- G20 Details: not G20