Guinea-Bissau

The Guinea-Bissau contribution aims to reduce GHG emissions by 30% in 2030 compared to the baseline scenario. The unconditional contribution based on the country’s own resources would lead to a 10% drop in GHG emissions by 2030 compared to the reference scenario. The conditional contribution, based on international support, would allow an additional reduction in emissions of 20%. 

To finance its conditional contribution, Guinea-Bissau aspires to make full and voluntary use of the cooperative mechanisms provided for in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, whether they are market-based (paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 6) or they are not market-based (paragraph 8 of Article 6).  

In general, Guinea-Bissau wishes to engage in these cooperative approaches on all sources eligible for the mechanisms of Article 6, particularly to develop electricity generation from renewable energy sources. 

The NDC contains the following mitigation objectives: 

Energy 

• The set-up of an installed renewable energy capacity of around 90 MW by 2030, compared to 3 MW currently.  

• A significant reduction in electricity grid losses, which would drop from 30% currently to 20% in 2030.  
• The diffusion of efficient lighting in the residential and commercial sector.  
• The implementation of energy efficiency actions in public and commercial buildings and in industry. 

Waste 

• A reduction in the quantities put in landfills by diverting part of the waste produced for recycling: paper and cardboard (50%) and textiles (10%).  
• Diversion- Diversion of 10% of food waste to composting.  
• Stabilization- Stabilization of the breakdown between open and managed landfills at the same rate as in 2014, i.e., around 25% (open landfills) and 75% (controlled landfills).  
• Recovery- Recovery (flaring or recovery) of 1% of CH 4 generated by 2030. 

LULUCF 

• Ensure the effective management of the protected areas (now covering 26% of the country).  
• Reduce illegal and indiscriminate felling of trees.  
• Develop a national forest land restoration and reforestation programme.  
• Establish and schedule a new forestry policy. The vision is of a sustainable management of forest resources to enhance a socio-economic balance that meets the needs of communities and ensures their accountability (community forests). 

Agriculture 

• Improving the dairy productivity of cows by 10% would allow a reduction in the herd compared to the reference scenario and therefore a reduction in the associated CH4 and N2O emissions. 
• Improving rice growing practices would make it possible to shorten the watering period of rice fields (from 183 days in the reference scenario to 165 days in 2030) and therefore the associated CH4 emissions.  
• Improving agricultural practices and the presence of herds in harvested areas would make it possible to stop the emissions linked to the burning of crop residues still included in the reference scenario. 

Energy, AFOLU, Waste. 

The implementation of the conditional objective requires the mobilization of significant international support amounting to approximately USD 531 million, or 80% of the total amount of the investment needs.