Governance

  • Reference to gender or women:
    No direct referencing to women or gender.
     
  • Context for the reference:
    No reference to gender.
     

  • The ways in which women are positioned in the NDC:
    No reference on women positioned as beneficiaries.
     

Planning

  • The existence of gender-responsive budgeting in the NDC:
    No mention.
     
  • The existence of a participatory planning process for the NDC:
    No mention.
     

Implementation

  • The existence of a mechanism or process for monitoring or implementing the NDC:
    NO MRV System in Place.

  • Implementation:
    Yes, The UAE has set a target of increasing clean energy contribution to the total energy mix from 0.2% in 2014, to 24% by 2021.

  • Reference to Any National Policy document:
    - Vision 2021
    - Green Growth StrategyDubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030 

Governance

  • Reference to gender or women:
    Yes, there is referencing of women and youths.
     
  • Context for the reference:
    Yes, Women have been referenced under cross-cutting domestic enablers.
     

  • The ways in which women are positioned in the NDC:
    Yes, efforts have been made to engage women in climate decision-making and governance, and women now find high representation in the UAE climate and energy community.
     

Planning

  • The existence of gender-responsive budgeting in the NDC:
    No mention.
     
  • The existence of a participatory planning process for the NDC:

    No mention.

Implementation

  • The existence of a mechanism or process for monitoring or implementing the NDC:
    Yes, The UAE maintains and periodically updates its GHG Emissions Inventory, accounting for emission sources and sinks. It domestically tracks sectoral mitigation efforts and their impacts in accordance with defined monitoring and evaluation requirements. 

  • Implementation:
    Yes, The UAE intends to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the year 2030 by 23.5%, relative to the Business- As-Usual (BAU) scenario.

United Arab Emirates

Overall rating:

2015 NDC

2020 NDC

Analysis draws from WEDO’s

Gender Climate Tracker NDC

review framework. Visit 

www.genderclimatetracker.org