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Country Brief

The Benin Republic is located in West Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. Benin has a status of a Least Developed Country (LDC) whose economy chiefly relies on agriculture, trade and transportation with bordering countries. Benin is particularly vulnerable to climate change variability whose consequences are felt both at national and local levels. Awareness of climate change-related challenges has induced Benin’s development and adoption of several policies, strategies and response programmes and the period of implementation of the programmes range from 2021 to 2030. The country has submitted it's First NDC and Long term low carbon and climate-resilient development strategies (LTS) on 12 December 2016 but has not yet submitted an updated NDC and  NAPs.

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FIRST NDC
Yes
UPDATED FIRST NDC
Yes
DATE OF SUBMISSION
12 October 2021
NAPs SUBMITTED
No
LTS SUBMITTED
Submitted

2030 GHG emission Mitigation Target

GHG:
Reduce to 16.17 % below BaU over the period 2021-2030: 12.55% of conditional contribution and 3.62% of unconditional contribution.
Reduce the cumulative GHG emissions in the agriculture sector by 31.31% 2021 to 2030

Targeted Sectors

  • AFOLU
  • Energy (residential + industrial)
  • LULUCF

Adaptation Commitment

Promoting appropriate climate-smartagricultural production systems for food and nutritional security
Increasing the availability of water during dryseasons
Projet « Développer les énergies renouvelables et l’efficacité énergétique » :
Efficacité énergétique (bâtiment, équipement, changement de comportement, industries et tertiaire) et normes pour appareils électriques
Building protective flood dams
Utilisation des Déchets de l’Agriculture (15MW)
Production durable de biomasse pour la production électricité

Regulatory Framework or Action Plan

  • Programme d’Action du Gouvernement (Agenda 2030)

Means of Implementation

Mitigation

$6.04B

Adaptation

$5.59B