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New or Updated NDC

Analysis of Updated NDC

Timeframe

2021-2030 for conditional commitments, 2021-2025 for unconditional commitments

Relevant context

Developing country highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change

Process for developing NDC

This update took into account feedback from various stakeholders, who were engaged through virtual bilateral consultations due to COVID-19. The government organized a review of Angola’s 2015 INDC so as to “identify and discuss relevant measures to achieve the proposed target, responding to the main priorities of the country.”

Description of Monitoring and/or Implementation Mechanism

Angola’s NDC is said to be based on, and aligned with, the National Strategy on Climate Change, among several other national policies. Though a monitoring mechanism is not mentioned, this update states that it will be crucial for Angola to adopt an integrated monitoring, reporting, and verification system.

Summary of gender reference

Gender is broadly considered by the National Commission on Climate Change and Biodiversity, as part of its Secretariat’s functions. The Secretariat is directed to carry out information actions related to climate change for the public and in schools, “also bearing in mind the promotion for gender equality in [public] participation."

Angola Updated NDC

Gender Analysis Summary
Submitted NDC	Yes
Submitted language	English
Submitted translation	No
NDC commitments	Mitigation Adaptation
Type of support	Conditional Unconditional
Participatory process for NDC development mentioned	Yes
Monitoring and/or implementation	Implementation
Reference to women/gender	Yes
Gender Tags	GS

Analysis of Original NDC

Timeframe

2030

Relevant context

Angola is a developing country extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts such as drought and floods. The Angolan economy has been hit hard by the impact of climate change expressed as prolonged drought, damaging flash floods, forest fires, reduced crop production, reduced water resources, impacted fishing resources, etc. Many of the economic sectors of Angola have been impacted by climate variability in the last thirty years.

Process for developing NDC

Participatory approach with focus on mitigation actions in the energy sector.

Description of Monitoring and/or Implementation Mechanism

Angola’s contribution will be implemented following the Government strategy set of pursuing the enforcement/execution of the already enacted laws and policies to reduce the gap between the recent vigorous legislative activity and the real implementation of mitigation measures.

Summary of gender reference

Underlying policies supporting the implementation of NDC ‘include cross-cutting issues which are gender-sensitive and therefore will take into account women as important decision-makers regarding energy consumption in particular. Systematically, mitigation and adaptation measures offered in the Angolan NDC emphasize the importance of their implementation avoiding exacerbation of the impacts of climate change that already have disproportionate adverse effects based solely on gender, in particular in the agriculture, water resources and biomass energy sectors.’

Angola NDC

Gender Analysis Summary
Submitted NDC	Yes
Submitted language	English
Submitted translation	No
NDC commitments	Mitigation Adaptation
Type of support	Conditional Unconditional
Participatory process for NDC development mentioned	Yes
Monitoring and/or implementation	Implementation
Reference to women/gender	Yes
Gender Tags	GS S WVG
Context of gender reference	Adaptation Mitigation

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Related Resources

Views on Gender‐Responsive Climate Policy With a Focus on Mitigation Action and Technology Development and Transfer

UNFCCC Submission

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Author

Angola on behalf of the Least Developed Countries

Year

2015

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Citation

Angola on behalf of the Least Developed Countries. (2015). Views on gender‐responsive climate policy with a focus on mitigation action and technology development and transfer. UNFCCC Submission in Response to the Mandate FCCC/SBI/2014/L.43/Rev.1 Paragraphs 13.

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