Update of Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of Jamaica
d. Target relative to the reference indicator,
expressed numerically, for example in
percentage or amount of reduction
 25.4% reduction relative to business-as-usual emissions in 2030
without international support (unconditional)
 28.5% reduction relative to business-as-usual emissions in 2030
conditional upon international support
The source data is that reported in Jamaica's Third National
Communication and 2018 Jamaica Integrated Resource Plan: A 20 Year
e. Information on sources of data used in Roadmap to Sustain and Enable Jamaica's Electricity Future. Jamaica's
quantifying the reference point(s)
2013 Land Use Change Assessment (LUCA) and National Forest
Inventory Report were used to estimate current forest cover and type.
Jamaica may update the reference indicator to account for technical
changes (e.g. changes in fuel prices, Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
projections or any errors uncovered in the future) at the point of its
next NDC submission.
extended to cover the domestic manufacture of these items as well.
The ban is complemented by a Plastic Waste Minimisation project.
b. Whether it is a single-year or multi-year
target, as applicable.
3. Scope and coverage
In addition, the country is currently developing proposals for a country-
wide Integrated Waste Management (IWM) PPP concession which is
expected to improve the management and reduce the emissions of the
waste sector.
f. Information on the circumstances under
which the Party may update the values of the This approach has also been taken in this NDC with the business-as-
reference indicators
usual emissions in the energy sector being reduced relative to those
projected in Jamaica's first NDC. The first NDC had business-as-usual
energy emissions in 2030 of 14.5MtCO2e whereas in the new baseline
the comparable (energy sector) emissions are 8.2MtCO2e.
a. General description of the target;
The country is also undertaking a range of pilot projects to explore
biodiesel from cooking oil, the production of biogas using animal waste
and increasing the use of biodigestors.
a.
Time
2. Time frames and