Since the ratification of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1995, entry into force of the Paris Agreement on the New Climate Regime in 2016, Guinea-Bissau has committed to participating in global efforts to reduce its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and to strengthen its resilience and capacity to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. Because it is a very low GHG emitter, the country’s priorities consist of limiting the carbon intensity of its development, preserving national carbon sinks, and better forecasting the impacts of climate change on ecosystems, infrastructures, as well as on the population, and their productive sectors.
participating in global efforts strengthen its resilience and capacity to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change impacts of climate change
What are the Adaptation action/priority for the Cross-Cutting Area Sector?