Honduras's Ley de Cambio Climático (Decreto N° 297-2013), published in La Gaceta on 10 November 2014, creates the Comité Interinstitucional de Cambio Climático to formulate national climate policy for executive approval, and a technical support committee, with SERNA holding primary implementing responsibility, but it does not itself set numeric targets. Those sit instead in Honduras's Segunda Actualización de su NDC (2021 to 2030): a 16% GHG reduction target across energy, industrial processes, agriculture and waste, plus 1% from land use, against a 2011 to 2020 reference period, the first Honduran NDC update to formally include the land-use sector, alongside a commitment to restore 1.3 million hectares of forest and cut firewood consumption by 39%. Honduras has no standalone forest-carbon or REDD+ legal instrument.
Projects
Betulia Hydroelectric Project
A 6.8 MW run-of-river hydropower plant registered under Gold Standard in the Betulia Valley.
Eden: People+Planet
Hiring local people to restore mangroves and forests across the Global South, one village at a time.
Paskaia (Mosquitia Reforestation)
Native-species planting and assisted regeneration with the Indigenous Miskito people of La Mosquitia.
Proyecto Mirador
The 'Dos por Tres' stove programme, Gold Standard-certified since 2009, built with Trees, Water & People.
Regulation
Framework law
establishes "principios y regulaciones necesarias para planificar, prevenir y responder de manera adecuada, coordinada y sostenida a los impactos que genera el cambio climático en el país"Decreto 297-2013, objeto
Creates the Comité Interinstitucional de Cambio Climático (formulates national climate policy for executive approval) and its technical support committee; SERNA holds primary implementing responsibility.
Issuing body: Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente — SERNA, now MiAmbiente+ · Corroborated
NDC
"Las emisiones se reducirán en 4845.5 Gg CO2-eq en el año 2030, condicionado a un financiamiento climático suficiente en el marco del Acuerdo de París."NDC section, headline target
16% GHG reduction target across energy/industrial-processes/agriculture/waste plus 1% from land-use (UTCUTS) vs. 2011-2020 reference period, first NDC update to formally include the land-use sector; commits to restoring 1.3 million hectares of forest and cutting firewood consumption 39%.
Issuing body: SERNA · Corroborated
Forest / REDD+
No forest / redd+ instrument located. Checked: none found, checked climate-laws.org/geographies/honduras, FAOLEX, MiAmbiente