State of Qatar’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) - Third Submission (NDC 3.0).

This third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) is a comprehensive document through which Qatar reaffirms its commitment to the goals of the Paris Agreement and the principles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), particularly the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities. Under this enhanced NDC, Qatar raises its level of climate ambition by committing to the implementation of mitigation actions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. The NDC adopts a more transparent approach, aligned with the requirements of the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), to deliver quantifiable emissions reductions. This methodological shift reflects Qatar’s proactive effort to strengthen the transparency, credibility, and effectiveness of its climate action, ensuring that ambition is defined by measurable outcomes. Qatar’s NDC 3.0 also broadens the sectoral scope of both mitigation and adaptation pathways. The mitigation component now encompasses a wider range of sectors, including oil and gas, power and water, industry and construction, transport, and waste. The adaptation component sets out robust measures to enhance the resilience of critical systems, including agriculture and livestock, biodiversity, water, energy and industry, public health, and infrastructure and coastal zones. These adaptation measures are guided by an increasing emphasis on economic resilience, social protection, resource efficiency, circular economy practices, and ecosystem restoration.
The mitigation measures outlined cover the following sectors (i) the Oil and Gas sector aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while supporting economic growth and the global energy transition through cleaner technologies, energy diversification, and improved efficiency, including scaling up carbon capture and storage (CCS), expanding renewable energy—particularly solar—enhancing operational efficiency, eliminating routine flaring, and minimizing methane emissions through monitoring and repair programmes; (ii) the Power and Water sector aims to reduce the carbon intensity of electricity and water production while meeting growing demand through infrastructure investment, efficiency, and conservation, with key strategies including expanding renewable energy—particularly solar PV—improving generation efficiency, shifting to reverse osmosis for desalination, deploying district cooling, increasing the use of treated sewage effluent, and promoting demand-side management through regulations, standards, and awareness measures; (iii) the Industry and Construction sector aims to reduce emissions while sustaining industrial growth through innovation, efficiency, and circular economy practices, notably by improving energy efficiency, adopting clean and renewable technologies, reducing flaring and emissions through best available technologies, promoting material reuse, recycling and wastewater recovery, supporting green investment and recycling markets, and advancing sustainable construction practices; (iv) the Transport sector aims to reduce emissions by promoting sustainable mobility and reducing reliance on high-emission transport, through expanding and integrating public transport systems, encouraging modal shifts to public and non-motorized transport, electrifying vehicle fleets, supporting electric mobility with renewable-powered infrastructure, improving vehicle standards, and enhancing maritime transport efficiency; (v) the Waste sector aims to reduce emissions and enhance sustainability through improved waste management and circular economy approaches, including expanding wastewater infrastructure and reuse, strengthening waste accounting, closing and rehabilitating landfills, increasing recycling rates, reducing food waste and losses, implementing an integrated waste management programme, expanding waste-to-energy generation, and promoting private sector participation through advanced technologies.
Qatar’s adaptation strategy includes integrated, sector-specific measures to strengthen resilience to climate change across agriculture, biodiversity, water, energy and industry, and infrastructure systems in Qatar. In agriculture, it promotes climate-resilient farming such as drought-tolerant crops, regenerative agriculture, climate-controlled greenhouses, smart irrigation, seed banks, and algae-based systems to enhance food security and reduce heat and water stress. These are supported by advisory services, early warning systems, and research, alongside climate-smart livestock and aquaculture solutions like passive cooling, local feed production, and recirculating aquaculture systems. For biodiversity, measures include expanding protected areas, restoring habitats such as wetlands, creating wildlife corridors, and protecting key ecosystems. These are reinforced by stronger regulations, awareness campaigns, AI-based monitoring, ecosystem assessments, and conservation of species and genetic diversity through research and invasive species control. Water management focuses on improving efficiency and reuse through expanded wastewater and greywater use, reduced losses, and real-time monitoring systems. It also includes restoring natural systems like wadis, improving groundwater management, and upgrading infrastructure such as smart reservoirs and wastewater facilities. In energy and industry, adaptation is supported through energy efficiency measures like renewables, electric vehicles, efficient cooling, and smart systems, alongside infrastructure upgrades and economic diversification into clean technologies and circular industries. Finally, infrastructure and coastal resilience measures include climate-sensitive urban planning, green buildings, stormwater systems, seawall upgrades, shoreline monitoring, flood modeling, and low-emission transport solutions.