Country: Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
Overview: The NDC for LAO is a Policies and Actions commitment that includes No quantitative adaptation target and is estimated to cost in the range of 1,4 billion US$.
- Type of Mitigation Target: 5
- Mitigation Target Details: Policies and Actions
- Type of Temperature Target: 1
- Temperature Target Details: Not mentioning global effort to limit global temperature increase to 2?C or 1.5?C
- Type of Mitigation Costs: 3
- Costs of Mitigation Details: 1,4 billion US$
- Type of Renewable Energy Class: 3
- Renewable Energy Details: Focus area: increase RE share to 30% by 2025 (Hydropower)
- Type of Energy Efficiency Class: 2
- Energy Efficiency Details: Considered
- Type of Trasportation Class: 2
- Transportation Details: Considered
- Carbon Capture and Storage Class: 1
- Carbon Capture and Storage Details: Not indicated
- Agriculture Class: 2
- Agriculture Details: Considered
- Land Use and Forestry Class: 2
- Land Use and Forestry Details: Considered
- Waste Class: 2
- Waste Details: Considered
- Reducing Non-CO2 Gases Class: 1
- Reducing Non-CO2 Gases Details: Not indicated
- Fossil Fuel Production Class: 1
- Fossil Fuel Production Details: Not applicable (no fossil fuel production)
- Fossil Fuel Subsidies Class: 1
- Fossil Fuel Subsidies Details: Not indicated
- Land Use Change Class: 3
- LAnd Use Change Details: No baseline quantified, mitigation quantified
- REDD+ Class: 3
- REDD+ Details: REDD+ specified: strategies for implementation; source of finance indicated; land tenure or forest governance addressed
- Trade Class: 3
- Trade Details: International trade/trade measures to foster mitigation (lowering trade barriers; regulating timber trade)
- Market Mechanism Class: 3
- Market Mechanism Details: Use/intention to use market mechanisms
- Mitigation Documents Class: 3
- Mitigation Documents Details: National Climate Change Strategy (2010); Renewable Energy Development Strategy (2011); Sustainable Transport Development Strategy (2010); Climate Change Action Plan of Lao PDR for 2013-2020 (2013)
- Co-Benefits of Mitigation Class: 4
- Co-Benefits of Mitigation Details: Both adaptation and other co-benefits: improvement air quality, human health, development
- Migration and Displacement Class: 1
- Migration and Displacement Details: Migration/relocation not mentioned
- 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: 1
- Vulnerability of Coastal Zones Details: Sector not included
- Costs of Recent Climate Related Hazards Class: 2
- Costs of Recent Climate Related Hazards Details: economic losses: 29 Mio (floods, 2005)
- 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: (flash) floods, droughts
- 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: 1
- Climate Risk of Sea Level Rise Details: Sea level rise not included/not applicable: landlocked country
- 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: 1
- Priority Sectors Ecosystems Details: Not mentioned
- Priority Sectors Forestry Class: 3
- Priority Sectors Forestry Details: Elaborated on actions/plans/strategies
- Quantified Adaptation Targets Class: 1
- Quantified Adaptation Targets Details: No quantitative adaptation target
- Cost of Adaptation Class: 2
- Cost of Adaptation Details: 0,97 billion US$
- Adaptation Documents Class: 4
- Adaptation Documents Details: National Climate Change Strategy (2010); Climate Change Action Plan of Lao PDR for 2013-2020 (2013); National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) (2009)
- Co-Benefits of Adaptation Class: 1
- Co-Benefits of Adaptation Details: No co-benefits of adaptation mentioned
- Conditionality of Adaptation Finance Class: 3
- Conditionality of Adaptation Finance Details: Partly conditional to contribution
- Conditionality of Mitigation Finance Class: 3
- Conditionality of Mitigation Finance Details: Partly conditional to contribution
- Technoogy Needs Class: 2
- Technology Needs Details: technology mentioned
- Conditionality of Technology Transfer Class: 3
- Conditionality of Technology Transfer Details: NDC contribution conditional to technology transfer
- Conditionality of Capacity Building Class: 3
- Conditionality of Capacity Building Details: Capacity building (partly) conditional to NDC implementation
- Means of Implementation and Fairness Class: 4
- Means of Implementation and Fairness Details: MoI specified in fairness/equity section: climate finance
- 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 with specific actors (Government institutions, private sector, research, civil organizations, development partners)
- Education Planning Class: 4
- Education Planning Details: education to implement the NDC?Aos adaptation contribution
- Awareness Raising Class: 4
- Awareness Raising Details: awareness raising to implement the NDC?Aos adaptation contribution
- Training Class: 1
- Training Details: training not mentioned
- Access to Information Class: 4
- Access to Information Details: information access to implement the NDC?Aos adaptation contribution
- Planning of (I)NDC Implementation Class: 2
- Planning of (I)NDC Implementation Details: Mentioned
- Monitoring and Review Class: 2
- Monitoring and Review Details: Section on domestic monitoring and/or evaluation
- Sustainable Development Goals Class: 2
- Sustainable Development Goals Details: National sustainable development goals 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: 2
- Green Economy Details: Green growth mentioned (export of clean energy stimulates green growth in neighbouring countries)
- Disaster Risk Reduction Class: 2
- Disaster Risk Reduction Details: Disaster risk management mentioned
- Section on Fairness Class: 3
- Section on Fairness Details: Section on fairness/equity, also contextualizing emissions
- Historical Responsibility Class: 4
- Historical Responsibility Details: Quantified own historical responsibility
- Loss and Damage Class: 1
- Loss and Damage Details: Not mentioned
- Gender Class: 1
- Gender Details: Not indicated
- Human Rights Class: 1
- Human Rights Details: Not indicated
- Income Class: 1
- Income Details: Lower middle income
- Region ID: 0
- Region Name: East Asia & Pacific
- G20 Class: 0
- G20 Details: not G20