Gambia

Responses

Adaptation Disaster Risk Management Mitigation

Sectors

Agriculture Economy-wide Energy LULUCF Tourism

Instruments

Direct Investment

Provision of climate funds

Governance

Capacity building International cooperation Processes, plans and strategies Subnational and citizen participation

Keywords

Human rights Youth Fisheries Gender jobs infrastructure

The Gambia National Development Plan (2018-2021)

Executive

Plan

Passed in 2017

This document sets the government's development vision for the period 2018-2021. It seeks to "deliver good governance and accountability, social cohesion, national reconciliation and a revitalised and transformed economy for the wellbeing of all Gambians”. It notably aims to promote climate resilience, climate-smart agriculture, the tapping of resources from global climate funds,

Documents

Abridged version (PDF) (English)

Climate targets in this law

6 targets

Increase community based non-wood forest products/services enterprises from 80 to 100

LULUCF | Fixed level target | Target year: 2022 | Base year: 2018
Increase the area of forest under community management from 50,000 hectares to 70,000 hectares

LULUCF | Fixed level target | Target year: 2022 | Base year: 2018
Increase the % of wildlife protected areas for terrestrial and inland from 0.16% to 1%

Environment | Fixed level target | Target year: 2022 | Base year: 2018
Increase the % of wildlife protected areas for coastal and marine from 7.4% to 10%

Environment | Fixed level target | Target year: 2022 | Base year: 2018
Increase the number of communities implementing adaptive mechanisms from 10 to 100

Social development | Fixed level target | Target year: 2022 | Base year: 2018
Decrease CO2 emission from Btw 2118 to 2528 GgCo2e (2016) to Btw 967.9 to 1155 GgCo2e

Economy-wide | Trajectory target | Target year: 2022 | Base year: 2016