Image [media_placeholder] Costa Rica - Incorporating SLCPs in national policies and processes Subscribe Subscribe for updates If you would like to receive periodic updates about the CCAC, please complete the form below. Select your areas of interest to receive updates from our hubs about relevant events, meetings and funding opportunities. Agriculture Hub Cooling Hub Fossil Fuels Hub Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines Hub Household Energy Hub National policy and planning hub Waste hub Captcha You need Javascript for CAPTCHA verification to submit this form. Subscribe Share SHARE Facebook share Twitter LinkedIn Copy URL Email Breadcrumb Home Project Portfolio Costa Rica - Incorporating SLCPs in national policies and processes Year 2018 Funding CCAC Funded Implementing partners Costa Rica Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) This project is supporting Costa Rica to develop a black carbon emissions inventory and analyze the short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) emissions reduction potential in key emitting sectors. This work will further enhance national planning capacity to mainstream SLCP mitigation actions into national policies, including Costa Rica’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). ObjectivesThis project will develop a strategy and recommended actions for mainstreaming SLCP mitigation into ongoing policy and strategy development processes in Costa Rica, including its NDC revision and sectoral planning. What we're doingTo date, this project has helped Costa Rica: Develop a black carbon emissions inventory and analysis of the emissions reduction potential of a variety of key emitting sectors Develop the Climate Change Directorate's planning process on SLCPs Coordinate stakeholders involved in the climate, air quality and sectoral planning processes Develop a strategy for further integrating greenhouse gas, SLCP and air pollution mitigation in policies In 2020, Costa Rica submitted its updated NDC which included short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and a target to reduce black carbon by 20 per cent by 2030 from passenger transport, freight, and industry. The NDC also commits to an emissions ceiling of 106.53 Mt of CO2 equivalent (CO2-eq) between now and 2030, which will be accomplished through methane mitigation measures in the agriculture and waste sectors. Why we're doing this workCosta Rica is increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, from flooding, to desertification and biodiversity loss. At the same time, air pollution in urban areas such as the capital city of San José continues to exceed guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO), posing a serious health threat to a population of over 5 million people. These harmful emissions of air pollutants and short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as black carbon are derived primarily from sectors such as transportation, industry, and waste. Costa Rica has contributed minimally to the global carbon emissions creating the climate crisis, which means spurring action requires considering the variety of co-benefits associated with emissions reductions. Related documents Reports, Case Studies & Assessments 2022 Options to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants in Costa Rica Download Download CR SNAP Options reduce SLCP.pdf es Added on: 02 March, 2022 Project updates Project update National policy and planning 2021 Sustainability Leader Costa Rica Makes Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Key to Decarbonization Tags Regions Latin America and the Caribbean Themes National policy and planning Related projects Costa Rica - National planning on short-lived climate pollutants Costa Rica: Enhancing NDC amitions with mitigation in the agriculture sector
Reports, Case Studies & Assessments 2022 Options to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants in Costa Rica Download Download CR SNAP Options reduce SLCP.pdf es Added on: 02 March, 2022
Project update National policy and planning 2021 Sustainability Leader Costa Rica Makes Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Key to Decarbonization