This plan was approved by the Ministerial Agreement no 09-2022. It sets the government's energy supply strategy for the next thirty years, and notably seeks to boost the production of energy from renewable sources. It was approved alongside the <a href="https://www.cnee.gob.gt/PlanesExpansion/2022-2052/Plan_de_Expansion_del_Sistema_de_Transporte_2022%20%E2%80%93%202052.pdf">Expansion Plan of the power transport system 2022-2052</a>&nbsp;(not in scope).

This document sets the presidential vision for the period 2020-2024. It notably makes a governmental goal to reduce the vulnerability of the population and their livelihoods to the risk of disasters and catastrophes, through coordinated actions with local authorities and communities. It further encourages to adopt measures enabling a sustainable development, including in the forestry and land use sector.

This document was prepared through a consultative process. It promotes the construction of tools for individual, sectoral and national application, oriented to development with low emissions, which strengthen the economy, improve efficiency and increase the profitability of small, medium and large-scale production, in addition to facilitating access to international markets and new sources and mechanisms of financing.

This National Strategy for Sustainable Cattle Ranching with Low Emissions (ENGBS) is developed as an instrument for the implementation of the National Cattle Ranching Policy (MAGA, 2013). Likewise, the Strategy is part of the Framework Law to regulate the reduction of vulnerability, mandatory adaptation against the effects of climate change and the mitigation of greenhouse gases (Decree 7-2013) and contributes to the fulfillment of Guatemala's commitments acquired in 2015 before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) through of the National Determined Contribution (NDC). The National Strategy for Sustainable Bovine Livestock with Low Emissions aims to: i) Increase the productivity and profitability of bovine production systems in the field of farms; ii) Increase the competitiveness of milk and meat production in national and international markets; and iii) Reduce the intensity of domestic greenhouse gas emissions from the cattle ranching subsector.

This document sets the government's environmental education policy, notably building on the education law from 2010. It notably seeks to develop socio-environmental responsibility in the conservation, care and improvement of the environment, to face the challenges of climate change and contribute to a better quality of life Its 8th principle calls for the respect for cultural heritage and biological diversity Recognition, appreciation and respect for the cultural, linguistic, geographical, climate, biological and natural resources that Guatemala possesses.

The primary objective of the law is to provide an immediate and co-ordinated response to climate change, in part through the establishment of the National Council of Climate Change presided over by the President of the Republic, and the development of a national adaptation and mitigation plan, as well as institutional adaptation and mitigation strategies in all public institutions. The law also delegates responsibility to the various governmental agencies to develop and implement climate change policies within specific areas that will ultimately address: carbon emissions generated by land use and the energy sector; the creation of a carbon market; increasing public awareness and participation; public financing; and development of climate-related policies. &nbsp; &nbsp;It further establishes the national climate change information system and the national climate change fund to finance projects that address risk management, adaptation and/or mitigation (with 80% of the fund dedicated to risk and vulnerability management and adaptation). The law finally asks the government to adopt regulation of carbon emissions from public and private activities in the transport sector. It also evokes the creation of a national energy plan that focuses on the development of renewable energy.

The purpose of this Law is to include permanent environmental education, in the national educational system, at the different levels, cycles, grades and stages of the school system, in its different modalities; in public, private and cooperative educational centres, in a multilingual, multi-ethnic and multicultural environment. Art. 7 stipulates that The Ministry of Education will order that for the Seminar of Guatemalan Social Integration, which is developed by middle-level graduates and specialties from the following year, from the validity of this Law, including topics related to climate change, management of water resources and basins, protection of biodiversity, production more broad, management of renewable energies, development of national bioethics based on attitudes and behaviour for the protection and improvement of the environment, and other scientific and social issues of national interest.

The law aims to promote the development of renewable energy projects and establish fiscal, economic and administrative incentives for the sector. It designates the Ministry of Energy and Mines as the body responsible for creating an inventory of renewable resources that can be used to generate energy. In addition, the ministry should also encourage research in this area and facilitate the certification process. 
 
Energy producers will be granted a certification of emission reduction that is expected to enhance trade of renewable energy. Related regulation declares the rational development of national renewable energy sources as a key and urgent national interest and provides economic incentives for duty-free import of machinery and equipment for renewable energy and a 10-year exemption from income tax and the tax on commercial and agricultural enterprises.

Contribución Nacionalmente Determinada de Guatemala(Updated submission), Nationally Determined Contribution from Guatemala in 2022

Guatemala First NDC (Archived), Nationally Determined Contribution from Guatemala in 2022

Guatemala. National communication (NC). NC 3., National Communication from Guatemala in 2022

Estrategia Nacional de Desarrollo con Bajas Emisiones, Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategy from Guatemala in 2021

Guatemala First NDC(Archived), Nationally Determined Contribution from Guatemala in 2017

Climate Change Policy (Government agreement N.329-2009)

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The Policy lays out the basis, objectives, entry points, guidelines and legal basis for national climate change adaptation and mitigation. It aims to develop climate change national capacities; promote vulnerability reduction and improvements in adaptation to climate change; and mitigate GHG emissions. The policy was detailed in 2016 with the National Action Plan for Climate Change. To achieve these goals, the policy proposes measures to increase public awareness and technology and knowledge transfer, improving risk management and adopting adaptation measures. GHG emissions are addressed under a broad and comprehensive approach that suggests actions related to forest and waste management, energy production and consumption, financial mechanisms, and carbon market.

National Climate Change Policy (PNCC - Government agreement N.329-2009)

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