Somalia's July 2021 updated NDC, prepared amid "a fragile political system, insecurity, high levels of poverty" and the COVID-19 shock, commits to reducing and avoiding emissions by 30% by 2030 compared with a business-as-usual scenario, with an implementation cost estimated at USD 55.5 billion, reflecting the country's near-total dependence on international climate finance.
Projects
Adaptive Agriculture and Rangeland Rehabilitation Project (A2R2)
A GEF-financed programme improving rangeland and water resource management for poor rural households across Somalia.
Mangrove Restoration and Coastal Community Livelihood Diversification (MR-CCLD), Somalia
A government pilot that trained stakeholders, surveyed mangroves in three coastal districts and planted 1,000 mangroves.
Regreening Africa
A UN World Restoration Flagship regreening degraded farmland across eight African countries.
Regulation
Framework law
"1.4. Goal. The goal of this framework policy is to enhance resilience and improve the adaptive capacity of vulnerable Somali communities, the ecosystems on which they depend, to the adverse impacts of climate change in Somalia." / "1.5. Vision. To attain a prosperous and climate resilient economy/nation through the adoption and successful implementation of appropriate and effective climate change adaptation and mitigation measures."cover (Somalia National Climate Change Policy, November 2020, Updated: February 2023); sections 1.4 and 1.5
Somalia's framework climate policy, prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change with UNDP and GEF support, aimed at the resilience and adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities and their ecosystems, with the ministry chairing the national and cross-sectoral climate change committees and reporting through the Cabinet to Parliament.
Issuing body: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Federal Republic of Somalia · Single source
NDC
"Somalia committed to reduce and avoid its emissions 30% by 2030 compared to BAU scenario (107.40MtCO2eq in 2030)."§4.1.1 (ICTU table), p.7
30% reduction vs BAU by 2030 across AFOLU (deforestation/REDD+), energy and other sectors; base year 2015; estimated implementation cost USD 55.5 billion (later reported), reflecting Somalia's fragile-state financing gap.
Issuing body: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, MoECC — also the UNFCCC national focal point and GCF National Designated Authority · Corroborated