The Dominican Republic's National Council of Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism and Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources are working with the Supporting National Planning (SNAP) Initiative to develop an integrated emission inventory of greenhouse gases, short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and air pollutants to enhance their capacity to understand issues related to short-lived climate pollutant mitigation. This work will be complemented by further support from the SNAP initiative aimed at the development of a greenhouse gas and SLCP mitigation analysis to support the revision of the Dominican Republic’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and the definition of implementation pathways for key SLCP measures.
Situated in the Caribbean Sea, the Dominican Republic is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, from rising sea levels, severe flooding, increasing temperatures and extreme weather events. At the same time, levels of air pollution that exceed World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines remain a threat to the health of a population of over 10 million people particularly in more densely populated areas such as the capital city of Santo Domingo. These threats include breathing problems, chronic diseases and premature mortality, and are caused predominantly by emissions of pollutants from sectors including energy, transportation, and land use.
The SNAP Initiative is providing technical assistance and support for the Dominican Republic with the objective of increasing action to reduce short-lived climate pollutants and achieving multiple benefits from action.
Phase I – Black Carbon Inventory Support – Complete
In 2018, the National Council of Climate Change and Clean Development (CNCCMDL), along with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MENR) of the Dominican Republic, expressed interest in working with the SNAP Initiative to develop an integrated emissions inventory of greenhouse gases, short-lived climate pollutants and air pollutants. This activity was implemented jointly by the Air Quality Division of the MENR and the Mitigation Department of the CNCCMDL to ensure consistency with the national greenhouse gas emission inventory and applicability for air quality and climate change planning.
Phase II – National SLCP Planning: Ongoing
Further support was agreed in 2019. Inventory work will be expanded to include an assessment of the progression of emissions into the future for a baseline scenario and multiple mitigation scenarios. This assessment will help to evaluate the effectiveness of different SLCP policies and mitigation measures and be used to produce a recommendation report to for the Dominican Republic's NDC revision process. It will also provide an assessment of the SLCP mitigation potential of the emission projection pathways being evaluated for the revised NDC and identify actions to maximise SLCP emission reductions from NDC implementation.
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The aim of this document is to provide an overview of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) and air pollutants in the Dominican Republic, and to provide recommendations as to how actions to reduce...
Case Study: Recommendations for combined climate change and air pollution mitigation measures in the Dominican Republic
