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Cuba

Nationally determined contribution (NDC) Analysis

Cuba - 2030

Summary
Reference to Women/Gender
Submitted Language
Spanish
Submitted Translation
No
Type of Support
Conditional
Unconditional
Monitoring and/or Implementation
Monitoring
NDC Commitments
Mitigation
Adaptation
Participatory Process for NDC Development Mentioned
No
File Url
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Timeframe 
2030
Relevant Context 

As a small-island developing state (SIDS), Cuba is aware of its vulnerabilities to climate change, i.e., sea level rise, hurricanes and cyclone threats on the coastline and mainland, with periods of extreme flooding and drought (affecting the agricultural

Process for Developing NDC 

In 1994, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), was created as the entity responsible for proposing environmental policy and managing its implementation. Later, in 1997, the National Assembly of People's Power passed Law 81 of th

Description of Monitoring and/or Implementation Mechanism 

Plans to form an environmental monitoring network that allows systematic assessment of climate and environmental trends for decision-making.

Summary of Gender Reference 

No mention of gender or women, but mention of vulnerability of population in the realm of adaptation by reducing the vulnerability of the country in the health sector, creating better knowledge and understanding of the relationships between climate variab

Cuba - 2030

Summary
Reference to Women/Gender
Submitted Language
Spanish
Submitted Translation
Yes
Monitoring and/or Implementation
Implementation
NDC Commitments
Mitigation
Adaptation
Participatory Process for NDC Development Mentioned
No
File Url
Download NDC View NDC in Browser
Timeframe 
2020 to 2030
Relevant Context 

Small Island Developing State that is willing to make climate change a priority

Process for Developing NDC 

No description of the process of how this update was developed

Description of Monitoring and/or Implementation Mechanism 

In regards to implementation, the “Life Task,” also known as Cuba’s State Plan to Confront Climate Change lays out 5 strategies and 11 tasks to assist the country in combatting climate change

Summary of Gender Reference 

No gender-related key words were mentioned in Cuba’s NDC, but country-wide vulnerabilities are referred to.

Related Resources

Lineamientos para la transversalización del tema de género en los esfuerzos por mitigar y adaptarse al cambio climático en Cuba

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Author 

  • Cuba. (2014). Lineamientos para la transversalización del tema de género en los esfuerzos por mitigar y adaptarse al cambio climático en Cuba.

Year 

2014

Country 

Citation 

Cuba. (2014). Lineamientos para la transversalización del tema de género en los esfuerzos por mitigar y adaptarse al cambio climático en Cuba.
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