Principality of Monaco national contribution - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

This Document outlines the Principality of Monaco s commitments as part of the international climate regime: the Principality of Monaco wishes to contribute to the joint effort by adopting a target to reduce its emissions by 50% by 2030, compared with the reference year of 1990. The Document also contain adaption measures.
The main sources of emissions in Monaco are road transport, waste-to-energy and heating and air conditioning in buildings. The target of reducing emissions by 50% means that simple performance improvements are no longer sufficient; energy transition in the construction industry and significant changes in waste treatment are required. As part of its efforts to achieve its emissions targets and communicate its post-2020 commitment, Monaco decided to define a reduction strategy for buildings throughout the country. This strategy will require performance and energy substitution measures. It should lead to the formulation of an energy master plan which will cover supply, energy carriers and local production, with the long-term goal of carbon neutrality.
In the framework of increasing the resilience of livelihoods to disasters, a vulnerability study aimed at defining an action plan for adapting to climate change in Monaco was launched in 2014. The study should be completed by the end of 2015. As part of this work, the Principality first undertook a literature review to consolidate climate forecasts for the near term (2021 2050) and the long term (2071 2100). The adaptation strategy will be made up of an action plan accompanied by a monitoring and evaluation framework. The climate change vulnerability study also aims to feed into risk mapping work and takes into account the unknown factors associated with human activities, covering both the climate and other telluric events.