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Update of the NDC of the Republic of Paraguay

Update of the NDC of the Republic of Paraguay

Climate Change
Policy
2021
Year of publication
2021
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Displacement, Migration, Relocation
Characteristics of human mobility
Not available
Type of environmental driver
Generic references to climate change
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Sub-region
South America
Region
South America
Macro-region
Americas
Author/issuing body
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available

En esta misma línea, el Paraguay reconoce la necesidad de impulsar su participación en las discusiones y negociaciones de dicho mecanismo [el Mecanismo Internacional de Varsovia para Pérdidas y Daños], con el fin de concretar acciones que aborden y reduzcan al mínimo las pérdidas y los daños relacionados a los efectos adversos del cambio climático, incluidos a los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos y de inicio lento, que causan desplazamiento forzado y migración”.

impulsar la construcción de infraestructura de protección en áreas ribereñas del Río Paraguay, en las ciudades de Asunción y Pilar, estableciendo cotas seguras de inundación y reubicación de poblaciones.

“In this same line, Paraguay recognizes the need to promote its participation in the discussions and negotiations of said mechanism [the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage], in order to specify actions that address and minimize losses and damages related to the adverse effects of climate change, including to extreme and slow-onset weather events, which cause forced displacement and migration.

Boost the construction of infrastructure protection in riverside areas of the River Paraguay, in the cities of Asuncion and Pilar, establishing safe levels of flooding and relocation of populations

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).