Nauru
Nauru Country Profile (World Bank)
Status under International Climate Change Law
- UNFCCC: signature (June 8, 1992) and ratification (November 11, 1993)
- KP: accession (August 16, 2001) and entry into force (February 16, 2005)
- Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: N/A
- Vienna Convention: accession (November 12, 2001)
- Montreal Protocol: accession (November 12, 2001)
- LRTAP: N/A
- Energy Charter: N/A
- Energy Efficiency Protocol: N/A
- Espoo Convention: N/A
- 2020 Commitment: 50% of electricity generation to be provided by renewable energy by 2020
- INDC summary – includes LULUCF and gases covered (Center for Climate and Energy Solutions 2015)
- INDC summary – includes adaptation and conditions for implementation (Climate Policy Observer 2016)
Federal Laws on Climate Change
Energy
- Nauru Utilities Corporation Act (2012) [English]
Forests and Land Use
- Lands Act (1976) [English]
- Nauru Lands Committee (Amendment) Act (2012) [English]
- Nauru Lands Committee Ordinance (1956) [English]
National Plans, Programs and Initiatives
- Republic of Nauru Framework for Climate change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction (RONAdapt) [English]
Local, State, and Regional Legislation and Initiatives
- Convention on the Conservation and Management of Tuna Stocks and Other Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean: signature (September 5, 2000) and ratification (August 13, 2003)
- South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
- Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Programme: Water resources management (SPREP)
- SPC/GTZ Regional Programme on Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region (CCCPIR)
- Pacific Islands Forum Support Programme (Global Climate Change Alliance) (2011)
- Pacific Small Island States Project (Global Climate Change Alliance)
- REP-5 Programme (9th European Development Fund (2000-2007) and 10th European Development Fund (2008-2013))
- Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership: signature (September 5, 2013)
Government Documents
- First National Communication to the UNFCCC (1999) [English]
- Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) (2015) [English]
Additional Resources
- IRENA report: Nauru (2013)
- PEIN Country Profile: Nauru (SPREP)
- Climate Change Strategies: Nauru (Asia Regional Integration Center)
- Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action: The Pacific (Adaptation Partnership/ IISD) (2011)
- Pacific Climate Change Portal: Nauru (2013)
- Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change: Nauru (SPREP 2009)
- Climate Change Profile: Nauru (Global Climate Change Alliance)
- Mainstreaming climate change into the water sector in Nauru (SPREP)
Updated as of: August 14, 2015