Afghanistan

The Afghanistan National Peace and Development Framework (ANPDF) is a five-year strategic plan for achieving self-reliance. The Framework presents a long-term development&nbsp; for Afghanistan by providing consistent high-level guidance to government and stakeholders. It articulates immediate and long term development priorities, highlights key reforms and outlines priority investments needed to achieve development goals. It sets the economic, political and security context to ensure the development of agriculture, extractive industries and trade.&nbsp; The Framework establishes measures to mitigate the effects of climate change, notably in the energy sector but also by expanding agroforestry and reforestation to support environmental conservation and income generation for farmers. It also creates strategies to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change across the trans-Himalayan region.

This Program sets a strategic framework for the development and reform of the agriculture sector in Afghanistan over the period 2016-2020. It defines seven strategic priorities: 1) improving irrigation systems, 2) increased wheat production, 3) horticulture value-chain, 4) livestock development, 5) climate-sensitive natural resource management, 6) food and nutrition security, and resilience building, and 7) institutional reform. Overall, the fifth goal aims at ensuring that the Program only supports sustainable projects that depend on natural resources, create a green environment, conserve soil, water, and protect the biodiversity. Forestries are one of the pillars of this goal.

This document sets the government's renewable energy policy. It promotes the production and use of energy from renewable sources. It sets development targets for the years 2015-2020 and 2021-2032. The government intends to foster renewable energies through 1) private investment, 2) on-grid and off-grid projects, 3) favorable/mandatory purchasing rules for utilities, 4) net-metering for producer-consumers, 4) delicense and deregulate small-scale hydro and solar projects under 100 kW capacity, 5) and promote technical solutions to obtain carbon credits.

The National Renewable Energy Policy (ANREP) aims to mainstream renewable energy in the national energy sector planning to deploy them in different capacities and through different projects in the country. The policy aims to provide a direction to the renewable energy (REN) sector. The Policy is aligned to the Power Sector Master Plan (PSMP) and the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) to set a framework for deployment of REN and it connects with the Rural Renewable Energy Policy (RREP) to ensure an implementation of the policy guidelines in the rural energy sector.&nbsp; The Policy sets the following target : to deploy 350-450 MW of REN capacity by 2032, which is equivalent of 10% of the total energy mix of 3500-4500 MW as per the targets of PSMP. To achieve the target, the policy promote the involvement of the private sector, government and non-government organisations and donors. The Policy will be implemented in two terms : TERM 1 (2015- 2020) will create the activities for the development of REN sector particularly in the PPP mode; TERM 2 (2021-2032) will deploy REN in full commercialization mode.&nbsp;

This policy aims at creating better social, economic and environmental conditions for people living in rural areas. This includes energy services, electric lighting, and energy efficiency. Renewable energy is notably promoted. The document further sets out legal and regulatory framework objectives and standards.

The objectives of the legislative decree are : 1) to supply electrical energy from natural resources of the country and imported energy; 2) to improve the quantity and quality of energy services; 3) economic growth and development as well as public welfare; 4) public access to the electricity energy services in exchange fo a fair price; 5) non-discriminatory access of the electricity energy service providers to the market; 6) regulation of electricity related affairs throughout the country.&nbsp; In the context of theLaw, the Energy Services Regulation Authority is referred to the 'Authority' and the law sets its responsibilities.&nbsp;

This law was enacted to oversee the management, prevention and mitigation of causes of all sorts of disasters, as well as post disaster management in the country. The natural disasters in scope include droughts, landslide, forest fires "and others". The National Disaster Management Commision is charged by art. 6 to do the management of all disaster related affairs.

The Law on Regulating Forest Affairs aims to ensure a sustainable management and regulation of forest resources.&nbsp; The law objectives are the following; 1) sustaining and promoting to the maximum the production level from the forests and keeping a balance between the growth and exploitation; 2) bringing appropriate changes to the climate and beautification of the surroundings; 3) preventing the pollution of the environment, 4) restraining the velocity of winds and thus preventing their undesired impacts; 5) protecting the lakes, reservoirs and dams from being inundated with sand and soil, 6) preventing the wind and water erosion of the soil, etc.

Technical analysis of the first biennial update report of Afghanistan submitted on 13 October 2019. Summary report by the team of technical experts, Technical Analysis Summary Report from UNFCCC Secretariat in 2020

Afghanistan's National inventory report submitted in 2020.

Afghanistan. Biennial update report (BUR). BUR 1., Biennial Update Report from Afghanistan in 2019

Afghanistan. National Communication (NC). NC 2., National Communication from Afghanistan in 2019

Afghanistan First NDC, Nationally Determined Contribution from Afghanistan in 2016

Rehabilitate 94 MW of hydropower capacity by 2008 against a 2006 baseline

Deploy 10 MW of Wind Power in by 2011, then 50 MW in 5-10 years by 2016

target for deploying 4500 - 5000 MW of RE capacity by 2032, which is equivalent of 95% of the total energy mix of 5000 -6000 MW

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