Kingdom of Bhutan Second Nationally Determined Contribution 2021.
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This Bhutan's Second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is a multisectoral policy document at the national level. The second NDC charts a way for Bhutan to continue pursuing a low emission development pathway towards the national objectives for sustainable development while meeting Bhutan's obligations under the Paris Agreement.
While Bhutan’s first NDC covered broad priority action areas, the second NDC further enhances Bhutan's actions by elaborating priority mitigation actions in the form of low emission development strategies (LEDS), roadmaps and strategies. In presenting the second NDC, Bhutan maintains the commitment to remain carbon-neutral where emission of greenhouse gases will not exceed carbon sequestration by forests and sinks as first pledged in 2009 and reaffirmed in the first NDC. Bhutan has established the national REDD+ framework and produced the National REDD+ Strategy (NRS). The NRS focuses on continuing to strengthen the conservation of existing forests and increase the adaptive capacity to climate change impacts without compromising opportunities for future economic development and prosperity. There are four strategy options: 1. Strengthening Forest Management Practices 2. Climate Smart Primary Production. 3. Integrated Land Use Planning. 4. Improved Rural Livelihoods. Actions include: 1. Improve forest management and conservation, with a target to maintain 436 million tonnes of forest carbon stock outside protected area system; 2.Conservation of wetlands, with a target to conduct wetland assessment for understanding organic carbon content; etc. The LEDS for Food Security covering the agriculture and livestock sector identifies six mitigation actions aimed at reducing emissions and increasing carbon sequestration. The prioritised mitigation measures and targets until 2030 have cumulative mitigation potential of up to 710 Gg CO2e. Such mitigation measures include: Switch from synthetic to organic fertilisers; Increased biomass through increased perennial crop production; Small and medium scale domestic biogas production; etc.
Regarding to the Green Hydrogen Roadmap, in line with Bhutan's Sustainable Hydropower Policy 2021, the potential for the use of hydrogen created from green renewable electricity in Bhutan will be pursued. In terms of waste management, Bhutan has also set the goal to achieve Zero Waste Bhutan whereby the current trend of disposing over 80% to the landfill is reversed to less than 20% by the year 2030 based on the principles of circular economy.
An alternative renewable energy program consisting of mini hydro, solar, wind and waste-to-energy technologies will be pursued as a priority program with the aim to reduce deforestation in rural communities and diversify the energy portfolio as adaptation measure to changing water flows, particularly in the dry seasons.
While Bhutan’s first NDC covered broad priority action areas, the second NDC further enhances Bhutan's actions by elaborating priority mitigation actions in the form of low emission development strategies (LEDS), roadmaps and strategies. In presenting the second NDC, Bhutan maintains the commitment to remain carbon-neutral where emission of greenhouse gases will not exceed carbon sequestration by forests and sinks as first pledged in 2009 and reaffirmed in the first NDC. Bhutan has established the national REDD+ framework and produced the National REDD+ Strategy (NRS). The NRS focuses on continuing to strengthen the conservation of existing forests and increase the adaptive capacity to climate change impacts without compromising opportunities for future economic development and prosperity. There are four strategy options: 1. Strengthening Forest Management Practices 2. Climate Smart Primary Production. 3. Integrated Land Use Planning. 4. Improved Rural Livelihoods. Actions include: 1. Improve forest management and conservation, with a target to maintain 436 million tonnes of forest carbon stock outside protected area system; 2.Conservation of wetlands, with a target to conduct wetland assessment for understanding organic carbon content; etc. The LEDS for Food Security covering the agriculture and livestock sector identifies six mitigation actions aimed at reducing emissions and increasing carbon sequestration. The prioritised mitigation measures and targets until 2030 have cumulative mitigation potential of up to 710 Gg CO2e. Such mitigation measures include: Switch from synthetic to organic fertilisers; Increased biomass through increased perennial crop production; Small and medium scale domestic biogas production; etc.
Regarding to the Green Hydrogen Roadmap, in line with Bhutan's Sustainable Hydropower Policy 2021, the potential for the use of hydrogen created from green renewable electricity in Bhutan will be pursued. In terms of waste management, Bhutan has also set the goal to achieve Zero Waste Bhutan whereby the current trend of disposing over 80% to the landfill is reversed to less than 20% by the year 2030 based on the principles of circular economy.
An alternative renewable energy program consisting of mini hydro, solar, wind and waste-to-energy technologies will be pursued as a priority program with the aim to reduce deforestation in rural communities and diversify the energy portfolio as adaptation measure to changing water flows, particularly in the dry seasons.
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