Report

Vanuatu Low Emissions Development Strategy

At a Glance

Publication Date December 2022
Format pdf
Country Vanuatu

Vanuatu is unique among the Paris Agreement parties that have produced Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) and Long-Term Strategies (LTS). Vanuatu is already net negative emissions. Vanuatu’s large forest area removes more than 10 times the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from human activity.

Yet, Vanuatu’s own pathway of reducing emissions demonstrates the commitment it seeks at a global level to address climate change. The guiding vision for the LEDS is Reduce emission across all sectors in a way that supports resilient, sustainable, and equitable growth for its people.

The Vanuatu LEDS provides sector by sector review of alignment with the vision for reduced emissions mitigation, resilience, and adaptation. It assists mainstreaming of emissions mitigation and adaptation in key sectors: energy, transport, waste management, livestock, forestry and agriculture and water and health. It brings new insights, attention, and engagement with strategic policy challenges and in doing so, identifies new and complementary actions to those actions described in short- and medium-term strategies.