Suriname

This document aims to protect Suriname's forests and enhance its carbon storage facilities.

The Republic of Suriname is recognized as the most forested country in the world and contributes significantly to mitigating the adverse effects of climate change. Suriname, however, is forced to take urgent adaptive measures to cope with the impacts of global warming. Mindful of the Sustainable Development Goals, the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for Suriname is a national initiative designed to effectively address climate-related challenges in the pursuit of sustainable development. The NAP received support from the United Nations Development Programme’s Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP).
The objective of the NAP is to enable Suriname to conduct comprehensive medium and long-term climate adaptation planning. It is a flexible approach that builds on the country’s existing adaptation activities and mainstreams climate change into national decision-making, development planning, policies and programs. The NAP will align the country's future efforts with the broad objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and outline actionable groundwork for the integration of climate change considerations into national strategic and sectoral planning and budgeting processes.

This document lays out the country's development plan for the period 2017-2021. The plan notably seeks to increase resilience capabilities, including against sea-level rise, protect forests, increase the share of renewable energy and strengthen the country's response to natural disasters.

The National Climate Change Policy, Strategy and Action Plan sets the government's vision on how to tackle mitigation and adaptation actions over the period 2014-2021. It sets the official line to adopt on climate change, exposes the country's weaknesses to address in priority, and defines sectoral strategies accordingly. &nbsp; Specific measures that the document establishes include promoting energy efficiency in the housing sector, develop renewable energy production and use, enhance land use management with respect to carbon sinks, increase the share of biofuels to 30 per cent by 2025 in the transport sector, develop comprehensive national research to design adequate mitigation and adaptation policies, and upgrade the institutional and legal framework according to sustainable development goals.

The National Forest Policy of Suriname defines the spatial use of more than 90 per cent of the country's surface. It enters in the scope of the Forest Management Act and regulate economic activities such as timber production, and other social activities. The Policy acknowledges the carbon sequestration function of Suriname's vast forests and highlights the importance of conservation to maintain such characteristic.

This Act contains the national environmental strategy and plan that creates a balance between economic growth and environmental protection to meet the aspirations of the Suriname people. There are provisions on an Environmental Fund which will finance research on climate change and biodiversity loss; and the need to stay informed about international developments and to comply with international agreements, including the UNFCCC.

The Electricity Act of 2016 aims at updating Suriname power market's regulations to improve the technical and financial situation of the sector, and allow for privatisations and enhancing the regulatory framework through the creation of the Energy Authority of Suriname and the publication of an Electricity Sector Plan every five years. The Act also phases-out retail price subsidies and introduce renewable energy tenders. &nbsp; &nbsp;The low electricity prices have been a major barrier to the update of renewables in Suriname. The Electricity Act thus aims at reducing subsidies while also improving energy efficiency. Renewable energy from solar and wind sources will benefit from a purchase guarantee. The Act also introduces net metering rules to enable decentralised production and marketisation of renewable energy.

Technical report on the technical analysis of the technical annex to the first biennial update report of Suriname submitted in accordance with decision 14/CP.19, paragraph 7, on 5 November 2022
, Technical Analysis Technical Report from UNFCCC Secretariat in 2023

Technical analysis of the first biennial update report of Suriname submitted on 5 Novmeber 2022. Summary report by the team of technical experts, Technical Analysis Summary Report from UNFCCC Secretariat in 2023

Suriname. Biennial update report (BUR). BUR 1., Biennial Update Report from Suriname in 2022

Suriname National Adaptation Plan. NAP1

Suriname Second NDC, Nationally Determined Contribution from Suriname in 2019

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