All articles for the topic: Gabon

Mitigation: Gabon has committed to a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, by 2025 and compared to a business as usual scenario. This commitment focuses solely on emissions and not carbon storage by biomass. Gabon will achieve these reductions across sectors. Within the context of land use change Gabon will manage emissions through the conservation of areas and encouraging best forestry practices. In the context of petroleum production efforts will be made to reduce emissions from gas flaring, while in the case of local use fossil fuels emissions will be mitigated by increased efficiency and the development of low carbon energy sources. Emission reductions will also be made in the fields of transportation and waste management, further study is being conducted to determine the most effective mitigation methods in these sectors.

Adaptation: Gabon believes adaptation is most effective when it is harmonized with existing economic development strategy, and adaptation investment is used to promote national sustainable development and reduce vulnerability to climate change. Gabon is focusing on coastal adaptation, given the significance of coastal areas and their vulnerability to sea level rise. Adaptation efforts include promoting various income generating activities related to coastal ecosystems, as well as the preservation of those coastal ecosystems and resources like mangroves that naturally reduce vulnerability to climate change. The construction of physical coastal barriers, and beach/bank restoration and rehabilitation, are also being considered. International Climate and Environmental Commitments: The Paris Agreement (Party), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Party), Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Party), United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Party), Convention on Biological Diversity (Party), Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (Party), Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Party)