Djibouti

Status under International Climate Change Law

• UNFCCC: signature (12 June 1992) and ratification (27 Aug 1995)
• KP: ratification (12 Mar 2002)
  • Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA
• Vienna Convention: accession (30 July 1999)
• Montreal Protocol: accession (30 July 1999)
• LRTAP: NA
• Energy Charter: NA
• Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
• Espoo Convention: NA
• 2030 Commitment: Unconditional pledge to reduce emissions by 40% by 2030, compared to a business-as-usual scenario, plus a conditional pledge to reduce emissions by a further 20%.

Federal Laws on Climate Change

Climate

• Decree No. 2004-0092 Creation of a National Commission for Sustainable Development (2004) [French]
• Decree No. 2007-0043 establishing a National Clean Development Mechanism Committee (2007) [French]

Energy

• Law No. 97/AN/00 on reorganization of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (1997) [French]
• Decree No. 2009-0218/PR/ENR establishing the National Commission of Energy (2009) [English]

Forests and Land Use

• Decree No. 99-0267 establishing the National Steering Committee for the Fight against Desertification (1999) [French]
• Decree No. 2001-0108 approving the National Action Plan for the Fight against Desertification (2001) [French]

Environmental Impact Assessment

• Decree No. 2011-029/PR/MHUEAT revising the environmental impact assessment procedure (2011) [English]

Others

• Order No. 2004-0579/PR/MID Creation of a Technical Committee for the Preparation and Development of the National Strategy for Risk Management and Disaster (2004) [French]
• Act No. 140/AN/05/05 on National Policy and Risk Management of Disasters (2005) [French]
• Act No. 51/AN/09/L on 6^th Environmental Code (2009) [English]

Government Documents

• First National Communication to the UNFCCC (2002) [French]. Executive Summary [en, fr]
• National Adaptation Programme of Action (2006) [French]
• Second National Communication to the UNFCCC (2014) [French]

Factual Matters

• United Nations Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics Snapshot (2013)

Updated as of: December 30, 2014