Intended Nationally Determined Contribution of the United Arab Emirates.

This Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) is a nationwide sectoral document aiming at limiting emissions and improving resilience through economic diversification that will yield co-benefits in terms of both mitigation and adaptation, in accordance with Decisions 1/CP.19 and 1/CP.20. The INDC highlights two kinds of actions (i) Economic Diversification with Mitigation Co-benefits; and (ii) Adaptation Actions with Mitigation Co-benefits.
Economic diversification aims to achieve (i) increasing clean energy contribution to the total energy mix; (ii) using innovative technologies to improve efficiency and reduce emissions in energy intensive industries and in the oil and gas sector; (iii) reducing energy and water demand and promoting the prudent use of resources; (iv) intervening in the transport sector in a manner to support the national economy, lower fuel consumption, and protect the environment; (v) developing the infrastructure of the country; and (vi) developing the waste sector through the increasing of the amount of treated waste and waste diverted from landfill.
Adaptation actions will regard the following sectors (i) water management; (ii) wetlands, coastal and marine environment conservation (Blue Carbon); (iii) food security; (iv) innovation and research; and (v) education, training and public awareness.
To help eliminate hunger and food insecurity, the INDC envisages (i) to continuing the UAE effort to diversify the sources of food and investing in agriculture projects and technologies; and (ii) encouraging food security research and development.
In order to make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable, the Emirates aim to (i) improve understanding of wetlands, including coastal carbon systems; (ii) assist in minimizing anthropogenic impacts; (iii) restore both mangroves and sea-grass, supporting ecosystem-based adaptation; (iv) rebuild fish stocks in line with the national Sustainable Fisheries Programme; and (iv) sustainable management of all water resources through a mix of new water infrastructure and improving the efficiency of existing water supplies.
The resilience of livelihoods to disasters will be enabled focusing on water resources, being the most affected field by adverse effects of climate change in the absence of fresh water supply.