All articles for the topic: Tunisia

Mitigation: Tunisia has committed to reducing its carbon intensity (the relationship between total amount of greenhouse gas emissions and GDP) by 41% by 2030, when compared to 2010. Within the energy sector specifically, Tunisia aims to decrease its carbon intensity by 46%. 13% of Tunisia's overall proposed reduction is unconditional, while the remaining 28% is dependent on external financial and technical support. Tunisia intends to achieve these goals by increasing energy efficiency, increasing the renewable production of electricity, implementing mitigation efforts in the cement industry, increasing reforestation, encouraging climate smart agriculture, and facilitating waste-based energy and energy smart water treatment. Adaptation: Given Tunisia's vulnerability to climate change adaptation is an important priority, and Tunisia is adapting to climate change within the contexts of water resources, coastline, agriculture, ecosystems, tourism, and health. Water resource adaptation focuses on the effective reuse of water and supplying water to urban centers. Erosion prevention, coastline rehabilitation, and preventive infrastructure are important coastline adaptation efforts. Agriculture adaptation includes improvements in irrigation, mixed farming-livestock production, monitoring and early warning systems, and arable crop systems. Ecosystem adaptation can take the form of rehabilitation of ecological systems across Tunisia's diverse regions and climatic zones. Tourism adaptation involves encouraging eco-tourism, coastal adaptation and alternatives to coastal tourisms, improved water management within the tourism industry (including renewably powered seawater desalination). Finally health adaptation includes furthers study, improved monitoring of epidemics and vector-borne disease, and changes to the health system. International Climate and Environmental Commitments: The Paris Agreement (Party), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Party), Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Party), United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Party), Convention on Biological Diversity (Party), Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (Party), Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Party)