Uruguay

National Climate Change Response Strategy

Executive

Strategy

Adaptation Framework

Mitigation Framework

Passed in 2010

The National Climate Change Response Strategy is Uruguay's attempt to frame mitigation and adpatation policies. It details which sectors are responsible for the national GHG emissions (energy, land use change and agriculture), lists the country's particular vulnerabilities (costal erosion, uncertainty in annual crop yields, forest fires, etc.), establishes sectoral priorities and objectives. It further discusses the sectoral and transversal management of the efforts.

Documents

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Climate targets in this law

5 targets

30% of agroindustrial waste at least to produce energy by 2015 against a 2010 baseline

Energy | Fixed level target | Target year: 2015 | Base year: 2010
At least 50 MW of small hydro by 2015

Energy | Fixed level target | Target year: 2015 | Base year: 2010
200 MW of biomass by 2015

Energy | Fixed level target | Target year: 2015 | Base year: 2010
At least 15% share for renewables by 2015

Energy | Fixed level target | Target year: 2015 | Base year: 2010
300 MW of wind power by 2015

Energy | Fixed level target | Target year: 2015 | Base year: 2010