Sudan

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Harry Mountain near Dougu village, South Darfur, Sudan. Rural country context; no programme installation is identified.
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Harry Mountain near Dougu village, South Darfur, Sudan. Rural country context; no programme installation is identified.Location context · FUDOL YOUSUF AHMED HAMID · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2018 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
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Sudan has no framework climate change law.

Projects

GAMS: Gums for Adaptation and Mitigation in Sudan

A Green Climate Fund programme restoring gum agroforestry across Sudan's Kordofan gum belt and the Great Green Wall.

Promoting Solar Mini-Grids for Clean and Reliable Energy in Sudan

A GEF-funded, UNDP-implemented programme building solar mini-grids and retrofitting diesel mini-grids in rural Sudan.

Regulation

Framework law

No framework law instrument located. Checked: none (National Adaptation Plan and sectoral policy instruments exist; no dedicated climate act located)

NDC

Sudan's First Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, updated October 2021In force
Adopted October 2021 (final update after the interim submission of 31 May 2021) · In force 2021 · in-force
"REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN First Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement Updated October 2021" / "Table 3-1: Summary of Sudan’s updated NDC mitigation targets ... Energy (non-biomass) 33,181,563 12,458,008 20,723,555 38% Forestry & Energy (biomass) 29,450,936 13,384,246 16,066,690 45% Waste 6,394,907 1,278,822 5,116,085 20%"cover page; section 3.3, Table 3-1 (tonnes CO2e in 2030 without and with mitigation, reduction, percent)

Sets 2030 emission reductions against business as usual of 38% in non-biomass energy, 45% in forestry and biomass energy and 20% in waste, net of forest removals, through measures from utility-scale solar and wind to improved cookstoves under the REDD+ emission reductions programme, alongside an adaptation component.

Issuing body: Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources, HCENR · Single source

Forest / REDD+

National REDD+ Strategy and Action Plan, revision March 2021In force
Adopted March 2021 (revision) · In force 2021 · in-force (national strategy, not legislation)
"The Vision for the Sudan National REDD+ Strategy is ‘Achieving sustainable natural resources management for a green economy, while contributing to Sudan’s prosperity, livelihoods, and wellbeing’." / "The objective of the REDD+ readiness and REDD+ future implementation activities is to enhance the RoS’s ability to contribute to mitigating the impacts of climate change, in addition to enhancing sustainable forests management (SFM)."cover page (Revision March 2021); executive summary para. 16; para. 97

Sudan's national REDD+ strategy, prepared by the Forest National Corporation with World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility support, covering reduced deforestation and degradation, conservation and sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks, and addressing drivers such as grazing pressure and subsistence farming.

Issuing body: Ministry of Agriculture and Forests; Forest National Corporation · Single source