Crafting Eswatini's Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS)

UNDP, through the Climate Promise, in collaboration with the NDC Partnership, is working with 120 countries and territories to reduce carbon emissions and provides technical and coordination support to governments in crafting a Long-Term, Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS), a comprehensive plan designed to guide countries towards carbon neutrality by 2050. The LT-LEDS helps countries align their development strategies with the goals of the Paris Agreement, specifically aiming to limit global warming to below 2 Degrees Celsius. Eswatini, supported by UNDP, is currently in the preliminary stage of formulating its LT-LEDS, which is anticipated to be finalised and adopted by 2025. The LT-LEDS is breathing life into the country’s climate action policy document, known as the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Eswatini submitted its revised NDCs to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 21 October 2021. To pave the way for Eswatini LT-LEDS and foster inclusivity, a comprehensive stakeholder engagement initiative was undertaken to get inputs and raise awareness about the strategy.