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Mauritius

Political Groups
G77, SIDS, AOSIS
World Bank Income Group
Upper middle income
Global Climate Risk Index
104.67

The annually published Global Climate Risk Index analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.).

Published by German Watch https://www.germanwatch.org/en/cri
Share of Global Emissions
0.01%
Legislation
6
Laws, Acts, Constitutions (legislative branch)
Policies
5
Policies, strategies, decrees, action plans (from executive branch)
Litigation
Coming soon
Court cases and tribunal proceedings
Targets
18
Climate targets in National Law & Policy

Latest Documents

, 2021

This Act sets Mauritius' budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022. It amends existing legislation to insert climate-related clauses. It notably 1) grants to the Bank of Mauritius the ability to issue guidelines, directives, rules or instructions regarding the framework for the issue of sustainable bonds, including blue and green bonds (by amending the Bank of Mauritius Act), 2...

, 2021

The Prime Minister's budget speech included an announcement of a coal use phase-out by 2030.

, 2020

This document is Mauritius' framework climate law. Parts II, III and IV of the Act create climate-focused institutions and bodies and set their attributions. Part II of the document creates the Inter-Ministerial Council on Climate Change, which is in charge of setting national objectives, goals and targets with a view to making Mauritius a climate change-resilient and...

, 2019

This document sets Mauritius' government strategy for enhancing the role of renewable energy sources within the country's electricity sector. It defines capacity targets to reach by 2025 and 2030. The technologies include solutions generating current from tidal/wave, offshore wind, solar and hydro.

, 2017

Mauritius' Vision 2030 is a three-year strategic plan that is updated when budget are presented before parliament. It notably identify climate-related priorities and allocates funds to specific adaptation and mitigation projects. 

  • Mauritius aims to reduce overall GHG emissions by 40% in 2030 compared to the Business as Usual (BAU) scenario of around 6,900 ktCO2eq (including LULUCF) in 2030. The contribution by each sector to the 40% mitigation target in terms of avoided emissions (ktCO2eq) is as it follows: Energy excluding transport: 2311 (Renewable Energy Roadmap for the Electricity Sector 2019, Government Programme 2020 -2024, Government Budget 2021 - 2022, Mauritius Renewable Energy Compact 2021)  Transport: 129 (combination of on-going government policies and Research Paper )  Waste: 313 (Waste Management Sector Review and GHG Emission Reduction Potential, 2021)  IPPU: 55 (Mauritius’ commitment under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol)  From 2016 iNDC: 30% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 compared to the BAU scenario (7 MtCO2e)Economy-wide | Target year: 2030
  • contribution to the overall mitigation target in terms of avoided emissions (ktCO2eq) is as follows: IPPU: 55 (Mauritius’ commitment under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol)  Industry: Industries: General | Target year: 2030
  • contribution to the overall mitigation target in terms of avoided emissions (ktCO2eq) is as follows:     Waste: 313 (Waste Management Sector Review and GHG Emission Reduction Potential, 2021)  Waste: Waste: General | Target year: 2030
  • contribution to the overall mitigation target in terms of avoided emissions (ktCO2eq) is as follows:       Transport: 129 (combination of on-going government policies and Research Paper )  Transport: Transport: General | Target year: 2030
  • contribution to the overall mitigation target in terms of avoided emissions (ktCO2eq) is as follows: Energy excluding transport: 2311 (Renewable Energy Roadmap for the Electricity Sector 2019, Government Programme 2020 -2024, Government Budget 2021 - 2022, Mauritius Renewable Energy Compact 2021)  Energy: Energy | Target year: 2030