Prakas On the Implementation of the Climate Change Action Plan for Energy Sector 2021-2023.

The Climate Change Action Plan for Energy Sector 2021-2023 focuses on enhancing climate change adaptation and mitigation through building institutional capacity of Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) and its staff, setting necessary policy and guidelines, implementing needed actions and cooperating with relevant stakeholders to cope with issues arising from a changing climate and extreme weather events such as floods, storms, droughts, as well as rising temperature.
Expected benefits from the implementation of the Action Plan in short term are proposed: Increased capacity of technical staff of the Ministry and partners involved in implementing the action(s) to address climate change adaptation and mitigation; Established institutional and legal frameworks; Changed behavior of different target groups for adaptation and mitigation; Committed stakeholders (especially government institutions, private sector and development partners) to tackle the impacts of climate change and mitigate the GHG emissions. Expected benefits from the implementation of the Action Plan in long term are also proposed: Enhanced environmentally sound economy, that reduces poverty (improved productivity and quality of life, improved environmen); Conserved natural resources for sustainable development; Considered long-term investment and proactive measures; Enhanced environmentally sound society (reduced GHG emissions and other waste and pollutants); Saved resources such as water, energy and the other resources. The actions proposed in the Action include: develop security policy in energy sector to meet SEforALL target ensuring the key goal of the energy sector development, which is to supply adequate, reliable and low-cost energy sources to compete with neighboring countries; To promote the energy infrastructures to be climate proof or climate resilient; Implementation of the GHG emission management approach for the energy sector; Implement capacity building in the renewable energy and energy efficiency; Raise public awareness on energy saving; etc.