Myanmar’s Nationally Determined Contribution.

This Myanmar’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is a multisectoral policy document. The NDC outlines a series of actions to demonstrate Myanmar’s commitment to climate change mitigation and highlights options for adaptation.
The NDC builds on the efforts of the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) and sets conditional and unconditional mitigation targets for two sectors, namely Energy and AFOLU (Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use). In the energy sector, Myanmar aims to achieve a conditional annual target of avoiding 144.0 million tCO2e emissions by 2030 against that predicted under the BAU (Business as Usual) scenario, of 297.01million tCO2e. The country aims to achieve this target by: increasing the total share of renewable energy (solar and wind) to 53.5% (from 2000MW to 3070MW) by 2030, and decreasing the share of coal by 73.5% (from 7940MW to 2120MW) by 2030. Under its unconditional target, in the energy sector the country will achieve avoiding 105.24 million tCO2e by 2030 from the BAU. In the Agriculture sector, the country has introduced a new conditional cumulative target of sequestrating 10.4 million tCO2e over the period of 2021-2030. Through promotion of tree planting and agroforestry the country will raise the average tree canopy cover across 275,000 ha of its agricultural land with <10% tree canopy cover per hectare. Within the forest land and other land use sector, the country has set a conditional target of reducing deforestation by 50% by the year 2030, resulting in a cumulative emissions reduction of 256.5 million tCO2e (against the 2005-2015 baseline) over the period of 2021- 2030.
Given the high vulnerability of Myanmar, adaptation actions is a key priority of the NDC. The key sectors as identified in the Myanmar Climate Change Strategy to build Myanmar's socioeconomic resilience are agriculture, natural resources, health, disaster risks, urban planning. Education, training and research will also be a key pillar to enhance local capacities and knowledge to understand and deal with the impacts of climate change. Myanmar will promote climate-resilient productivity and climate smart responses in the agriculture, fisheries, and livestock sectors to support rural food security and livelihood strategies while also promoting resource-efficient and low-carbon practices that may enhance development of new markets and products. Myanmar will engage in sustainable natural resources management that enhances the resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem services to support social and economic development of the local and indigenous/ethnic communities while also delivering carbon sequestration. According to the NDC, the Myanmar Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction (MAPDRR) has identified 7 components to work on disaster risk reduction, and Myanmar will need international support to implement its MAPDRR and improve its forecasting, early warning systems and marine forecasting tools to minimize loss and damage.