Bangladesh is a founding member of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and has been a leader in the CCAC's national planning support work since 2013. Bangladesh's Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change adopted a National Plan for the reduction of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) in 2018. This plan includes 12 mitigation measures that target the major sources of black carbon and methane, but which would also reduce a range of other greenhouse gases and air pollutants. Many of these mitigation actions have been included Bangladesh's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
To support implementation of the measures included Bangladesh’s national SLCP plan and NDC, this project will:
Bangladesh updated their NDC in August 2021 and identified their national SLCP Plan as a key policy document to support implementation. Many of the 12 mitigation actions (6 targeting black carbon and 6 targeting methane) identified in the national SLCP plan have been included in Bangladesh's NDC to achieve their unconditional and conditional contributions. These include:
Bangladesh's NDC has committed to further action to reduce SLCPs, such as implementation of the Kigali Amendment to reduce HFCs and a 51% reduction in fugitive methane leaks from oil and gas infrastructure. Implementation of these NDC measures would also contribute to achieving the multiple climate, air pollution and health benefits outlined in Bangladesh's national SLCP plan.
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The expected outcomes of Bangladesh's National Action Plan on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) are to identify and implement the most costeffective pathways for large-scale...
