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This Decree approved the National Environmental Strategy 2021-203 (Environmental Management for the Restoration of Ecosystems and Sustainable and Inclusive Development). The main objective of the National Environmental Strategy is to outline the country's approach to addressing climate change through a comprehensive framework on environmental restoration and sustainable development. It aims to improve decision-making processes for environmental protection and conservation in the country, considering the environmental, social and economic challenges and opportunities at the national level and globally.&nbsp;

This is a management strategy, national in scope, which seeks to contribute to global emissions reduction by improving forest governance in the country and managing financial incentives to reduce forest loss and degradation, as well as for forest conservation, increasing forest cover and sustainable forest management. It was launched within the scope of the UNFCCC in alignment with the National Strategy Forestry 2050; the National Program of Forest Restoration 2021–2025; the strategy Panama Climate Change National (ENCCP) 2050; the National Change Plan Climate for the Agricultural Sector; the Nationally Determined Contribution updated to 2020, Law No. 1 of 3 of February 1994 and the draft framework law of climate change.&nbsp;

The National Gender and Climate Change Plan outlines a strategy for promoting gender equality in Panama’s response to climate change. It aligns the climate commitments in Panama’s energy, forests, watersheds, marine-coastal sector, biodiversity, agriculture, livestock and aquaculture, resilient human settlements, public health, sustainable infrastructure, and circular economy sectors to gender theory concepts.

This Decree creates the National Forest Restoration Program 2021-2025, which aims to structure and lead the processes to restore national water-producing hydrographic basins, contribute to the recovery of degraded soils, and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The Program seeks to promote the recovery and valuation of Panama’s forest resources to facilitate their protection, sustainable use and management from a cultural, economic, ecological, social and community perspective.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The decree regulates Chapter I of Title V of the Environmental Law (1998), the general environmental law of Panama, focusing on global climate change adaptation. It creates: 1) a national climate change adaptation data system for managing, evaluating, and monitoring climate risk and vulnerability; 2) a national system for monitoring, evaluating, and reporting adaptation efforts; and 3) a national program to build climate change resilience. In addition, it provides for the activation of the Climate Change Adaptation Fund (FONACC).&nbsp;

This law aims at protecting the country's primary and other natural forests. The document establishes nine specific objectives, including to replenish one million hectares of degraded land, and improving the quality of life of people and sectors related to forests. The law includes newor updated tax incentives.

This law notably creates the Ministry for the Environment and modifies dispositions of the Panama Authority for water resources. The Ministry is in charge of the protection, conservation, preservation and restoration of the environment, and of the sustainable use of natural resources.

The law amends law 41 of 1998 to include climate change adaptation and mitigation to the missions of the Ministry.

This law establishes a regime of incentives for the promotion of the construction, solar operation and maintenance of power stations and/or facilities. It aims at diversifying the national energy matrix, enable the population to consume solar-sourced electricity, establish a legal framework to develop solar energy, mitigate climate change, and reduce fossil fuels importations.

The law defines in chapter II a licence regime and related rules for the construction and exploitation of solar plants. It also sets purchasing rules.

This law establishes general guidelines for a national policy of energy efficiency. It aims at improving competitiveness, easing the adoption of energy efficiency measures, promoting financing means, and fostering new techniques and technologies.

A national policy (art. 5) and a strategic plan (chapter III) on the rational and efficient use of energy will be issued by the National Secretariat for Energy. The Secretariat will also push for the implementation of the energy efficiency programme.

This law establishes a regime of incentives for the promotion of the construction and operation of wind power plants destined to feed the public electricity grid. It aims at diversifying the national energy matrix, promoting the use of renewable energy sources, and define a legal framework to accompany the development of wind power activities.

Art. 3 charges the National Secretariat for Energy to foster the use of alternative energy sources to reduce adverse environmental impacts and improve security of supply.

Chapter II defines the regime of licences that shall be applied for wind power plants in the country.

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Technical analysis of the second biennial update report of Panama submitted on 27 March 2021 Summary report by the team of technical experts, Technical Analysis Summary Report from UNFCCC Secretariat in 2022

1 million hectares of forests will be established by 2050

30% of electricity generation will be renewable by 2050, with an interim target of 15% by 2030

30% of electricity generation will be renewable by 2050

25-50% of public vehicles will be electric by 2030

electric vehicles will represent 25-40% of private vehicle sales by 2030

10-20% of private vehicles will be electric by 2030

To supply 70% of the national energy mix through renewables by 2050

25-50% of public fleet of cars to be electric

25-40% of private vehicle sales to be electric by 2030

10-20% of private vehicles to be electric by 2030

Increase in reforested areas of 1 million hectares by 2030 against a 2017 baseline

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