Small Island Developing States

The first NDC submissions of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) contribute the most to SDG 7 'Affordable and Clean Energy' (20%) and SDG 15 'Life on Land' (11%). For SDG 7 the highest contributions relate to Target '7.2 Increase share of renewable energy' (53%) and Target '7.3 Double the rate of improvement in energy efficiency' (34%). Here, the main climate actions are related to 'Energy efficiency' (20%) and 'Clean and renewable energy' (17%). For SDG 15 the highest contributions relate to Target '15.2 Promote sustainable forest management and expansion and halt deforestation' (52%) and Target '15.3 Restore degraded land and combat desertification' (19%). Here, some of the main climate actions are related to 'Deforestation prevention' (17%) and 'Afforestation' (10%).

The updated NDC submissions of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) contribute the most to SDG 7 'Affordable and Clean Energy' (14%) and SDG 13 'Climate Action' (13%). For SDG 7 the highest contributions relate to Target '7.2 Increase share of renewable energy' (52%) and Target '7.3 Double the rate of improvement in energy efficiency' (42%). Here, the main climate actions are related to 'Clean and renewable energy' (23%) and 'Energy efficiency' (20%). For SDG 13 the highest contributions relate to Target '13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related and natural disasters' (39%) and Target '13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change issues' (39%). Here, the main climate actions are related to 'Disaster and risk reduction' (19%) and 'Adaptive capacity enhancement' (16%).