Climate targets: LULUCF

• NDC content

  4 targets

  • Unconditional: reduce LUCF emissions by 1,100ktCO2e per year on average between 2020 and 2030
    LULUCF | Trajectory target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2020
    Source:

    Lao People's Democratic Republic's INDC
  • Conditional: Increased forest cover to 70% of land area (i.e. to 16.58 million hectares) 
    LULUCF | Fixed level target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2021
    Source:

    Lao People's Democratic Republic's INDC
  • 70% forest cover by 2020 (16.58 million hectares)
    LULUCF | Target year: 2020
    Source:

    Lao People's Democratic Republic's INDC
  • Increase forest cover to a total of 70% of land area by 2020 , and maintaining it at that level going forward.
    LULUCF | Target year: 2020
    Source:

    Lao People's Democratic Republic's INDC

• National laws and policies

  1 target

  • 65% reforestation for carbon sequestration by 2015, then 70% by 2020
    LULUCF | Trajectory target | Target year: 2020 | Base year: 2015, 2020

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