NDC Scoping Report

(FINAL)
Policy Analysis
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Policy Analyst
July 29, 2022
Table of Contents
Acronyms and Abbreviations.............................................................................................................1
Executive Summary...........................................................................................................................iii
1 Introduction and Background.....................................................................................................1
1.1 Caribbean Regional Context...............................................................................................1
1.2 About This Document.........................................................................................................1
2 Approach and Methodology.......................................................................................................2
2.1 Approach............................................................................................................................2
2.2 Methodology......................................................................................................................2
2.3 NDC Scoping Study Limitations and Constraints.................................................................4
3 Findings......................................................................................................................................5
3.1 Caribbean Sub-region Context............................................................................................5
3.1.1 Biophysical context.....................................................................................................5
3.1.2 Socio-economic Context.............................................................................................6
3.2 Status of NDCs in CARICOM AgREADY Countries................................................................8
3.2.1 Contribution of Agriculture to NDC Mitigation Targets..............................................9
3.2.2 Contribution of Agriculture to NDC Adaptation Actions...........................................12
3.2.3 NDC Linkages and Alignment with National Development Policies and Plans and the
Sustainable Development Goals...............................................................................................14
3.2.4 Incorporating DRR Considerations in the NDCs........................................................15
3.3 NDC Planning and integration..........................................................................................15
3.3.1 Policy, Legal and Regulatory framework and institutional arrangements................15
3.3.2 NDC Planning Processes...........................................................................................18
3.3.3 Financing for mitigation and adaptation actions in NDCs.........................................22
3.3.4 Monitoring, Reporting and Verification for NDCs.....................................................23
3.4 Implementation of agriculture actions in the NDCs..........................................................24
4 Opportunities for Enhancing NDC ambition for AgREADY countries through contribution from
the agriculture Sector.......................................................................................................................27
4.1 Opportunities for agricultural GHG emission reduction...................................................27
4.2 Recommended Approaches for enhancing mitigation ambition and adaptation co-
benefits for AgREADY Countries in updated NDCs.......................................................................28
4.3 Opportunities for agriculture GHG emission reduction beyond the farm gate................29
5 Guidance on processes and steps to support agriculture contribution to future NDCs...........30
6 Conclusions and Way Forward.................................................................................................34
7 References................................................................................................................................36
8 Annexes....................................................................................................................................46
Annex 1. Consultation Instrument (Condensed).....................................................................47
Annex 2. List of Stakeholders Consulted.................................................................................49
Annex 3. Country Targets for Mitigation - First NDCs..............................................................53
Annex 4. Country Targets for Mitigation - Updated NDCs.......................................................56
Annex 5. Alignment of NDC actions with national development goals....................................58
Annex 6. NDC Planning Process and Support..........................................................................59
Annex 7. Social inclusion and just transition in response to NDC development and
implementation............................................................................................................................64
Annex 8. AgREADY Country collaboration with external entities for NDC development and
implementation............................................................................................................................66
Annex 9. Financing for AgREADY Countries’ NDCs..................................................................69

List of Tables

Table 3.1. Agriculture-related mitigation targets for AgREADY countries..........................................9

Table 3.2. Status of agriculture adaptation in NDCs and the related adaptation goals....................13
Table 3.3. AgREADY Country NDCs and the SDGs.............................................................................15
Table 3.4. Country Climate Change Policy Directives for the AgREADY countries............................16
Table 3.5. Summary of Financing for AgREADY Countries’ NDCs.....................................................22
Table 3.6. Summary of key advances, gaps, needs and lessons learned as it relates to agriculture
implementation in the NDCs across the nine countries...................................................................25
Table 4.1. Specific recommendations for agriculture mitigation actions and potential adaptation
co-benefits by emission source for AgREADY countries ...............................................................28

List of Figures

Figure 2.1. GCF CARICOM sub-regional AgREADY Project countries..................................................2

Figure 2.2. Thematic areas for agriculture implementation in AgREADY countries’ NDCs \..............3
Figure 2.3. Activity flow for the NDC scoping study...........................................................................4
Figure 3.1. Key sub-sections included within initial and new/updated NDCs. Black ticks (✔)
designate where a section has been included in the initial NDCs, while green ticks (✔) were used
for the updated NDCs.........................................................................................................................8
Figure 3.2. National emission profiles across the nine AgREADY countries......................................11
Figure 3.3. Contribution of the various agricultural categories to emissions across the nine
AgREADY countries...........................................................................................................................11
Figure 3.4. Agriculture emissions as defined in the GHG inventory (IPCC categories) for the nine
CARICOM AgREADY Countries..........................................................................................................12

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Figure 3.5. Summary of adaptation and mitigation plans and strategies for the AgREADY countries
.........................................................................................................................................................17
Figure 3.6. NDC Institutional Arrangements in AgREADY Countries.................................................18
Figure 3.7. General steps outlined for the development and update of country NDCs...................19
Figure 3.8. Gender mainstreaming for NDCs in AgREADY Countries................................................21
Figure 4.1. Agriculture emissions reduction types and specific opportunities.................................27
Figure 4.2. Options for agriculture emissions reduction beyond the farm-gate...............................29

List of Boxes

Box 3.1. COVID-19 Impacts across the Caribbean..............................................................................7

Box 3.2. COVID-19 response measures for the agriculture sector in St. Kitts and Nevis....................7
Box 3.3. Some Factors that Limit or Constrain the inclusion of agriculture in the NDCs....................9
Box 3.3. Haiti’s Gender Focus in the iNDC........................................................................................20
Box 3.4. Dominica’s NDC Gender priorities......................................................................................20

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

AgREADY Project Green Climate Fund-financed project titled, “Strengthening the