Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately 400 kilometres off the coast of East Africa. At 592,800 square kilometres Madagascar is the world's second-largest island country.
License ID: 212906149 City of Antananarivo at sunny day. Madagascar.
Member since: 2011
Capital
Antananarivo
Population (2015)
26,969,306
GNI Per Capita (2016)
$225.7
Emissions Per Capita (2014)
0.266 tons
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National Focal Points
National Climate Vulnerability Level and actions
Sea Level Rise
3 mm/yr
0.23%
Sea Level Rise
3 mm/yr
0.23%
Sea Level Rise
3 mm/yr
0.23%
Adaptation: Priority Actions:
1) Finalisation and implementation of the National Adaptation Plan;
2) Strengthen climate change adaptation mainstreaming in all strategic/framework documents;
3) Multi-hazard early warning systems primarily that mainly consider cyclones, floods, drought and the public health surveillance;
4) Effective application of existing or newly established sectorial policies: flood and cyclone-resistant hydro-agricultural infrastructures standards, cyclone resistant buildings standards, flood-resistant terrestrial transport infrastructure standards, local for climate hazard community guideline for Water-Sanitation-Hygiene + 18 other highlighted priority actions.
Reduce GHG emissions by 14% (in relation to GHG emissions BAU levels (2000)) by 2030 conditional to external support in sectors of energy, agriculture, LULUCF and waste.
Adaptation: Priority Actions:
1) Finalisation and implementation of the National Adaptation Plan;
2) Strengthen climate change adaptation mainstreaming in all strategic/framework documents;
3) Multi-hazard early warning systems primarily that mainly consider cyclones, floods, drought and the public health surveillance;
4) Effective application of existing or newly established sectorial policies: flood and cyclone-resistant hydro-agricultural infrastructures standards, cyclone resistant buildings standards, flood-resistant terrestrial transport infrastructure standards, local for climate hazard community guideline for Water-Sanitation-Hygiene + 18 other highlighted priority actions.
