Bhutan

This document makes hydropower a core energy source for the country, and intends to protect the resource from adverse effects of climate change, notably by storing water from melting glaciers.

<div>This document aims to maintain a safe and healthy environment, create the conditions for sustainable development, enable economic self-reliance, and increase private sector engagement.&nbsp; The eleventh goal of the strategy is to enhance and promote resilience to climate change impacts &amp; Low emission development. Priority initiatives are listed as following:&nbsp;</div><ul><li>Develop climate smart and resilient farming technologies&nbsp;</li><li>Maintain carbon sequestration capacity of forest ecosystem</li><li>Increase capacity and investment in climate change research&nbsp;</li><li>Develop integrated agriculture landscape systems&nbsp;</li><li>Promote green technologies (Biogas, Green infrastructure, Organic inputs etc.)&nbsp;</li><li>Strengthen agrometeorological information and data management&nbsp;</li></ul>

This document has been identified in Bhutan's updated NDC, however no further documentation is available.

The Climate Change Policy restates the commitment made by the Royal Government of Bhutan at the COP15 to remain carbon neutral, which was reiterated on its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in the Paris Agreement. It aims to provide guidance to achieve a climate resilient and carbon neutral economy that contributes to gross national happiness. The policy was formulated in a participatory manner and it wishes to ensure a continued participation of relevant stakeholders in climate change action.&nbsp; The policy has 4 main statements: carbon neutrality, building resilience to climate change, means for implementation and effective and coordinated actions.&nbsp;

This document has been identified in Bhutan's updated NDC, however no further documentation is available.

The Water Regulation aims to enforce the objectives and purposes of the <a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/law/water-act/">Water Act (2011)</a>, effectively implement it and to identify roles and responsibilities of designates Competent Authorities.

It provides details for the preparation of the National Integrated Water Resources Management Plan (NIWRMP) and the River Basin Management Plans (RBMP).

This Act aims to establish and strengthen institutional capacity for disaster management, the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction, and for integrated and coordinated disaster management focusing on community participation. It creates the National Disaster Management Authority, as the highest decision-making body on disaster management in the country and establishes that there should be a National Contingency Plan, as well as contingency plans at the Dzongkhag level.

This Act aims to ensure that the water resources of Bhutan are protected, conserved and managed in an economically efficient and environmentally sustainable manner and to establish suitable institutions for this task.

It establishes the National Environmental Authority (NEC) as the main authority responsible for the implementation of the Act and mandates the establishment of River Basin Committees. It also includes measures in case of water emergencies such as droughts and floods.

This Act aims at conserving and protecting the environment through actions led by the National Environment Commission (or administrative successors), and to promote sustainable development. Forest protection is one main objective of the Act (Chap. 5).

The Electricity Act enables the restructuring of the power supply industry and the possible participation of the private sector, by providing mechanisms for licensing and regulating the operations of power companies. The establishment of the Bhutan Electricity Authority as an autonomous body is meant to ensure a transparent regulatory regime; the Authority also has the role of laying down the standards, codes, and specifications of the Electricity Supply Industry. The Electricity Act must define the roles and responsibilities of suppliers and protect the interests of the general public. Two of the core objectives of this act are to promote the development of renewable energy resources and to promote efficiency in management and service delivery.

Art. 60.3 states that the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority, direct Licensees to undertake certain public service obligation which may include obligations in relation to the use of renewable energy sources (60.3.v).

Art. 25.1. states that when granting or rejecting applications, the Authority shall take into consideration energy efficiency, as far as adequate for the project applied for.

Bhutan Biennial Transparency Report. BTR1

Bhutan National Adaptation Plan. NAP1

Submission of Bhutan Call to include mountains and the cryosphere in the Global Stocktake Report, 2023, Submission to the Global Stocktake from Bhutan in 2023

Joint submission by Bhutan and Nepal: Inputs to the technical phase of the First Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement, Submission to the Global Stocktake from Bhutan,Nepal in 2022

Bhutan Second NDC, Nationally Determined Contribution from Bhutan in 2021

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