The European Union and UNDP have supported the Government of the Republic of Moldova to develop its first ever Low Emissions Development Programme (LEDP). The Programme, which enters into force on 1 January 2024, systematizes policies and sectoral action plans that aim to achieve emission reduction objectives of greenhouse gases exposed in the updated Nationally…
The Republic of Moldova will gradually reduce, starting 1 January 2024, the import and consumption of fluorinated greenhouse gases and will replace them with natural cooling agents, according to the previsions of the new law on fluorinated greenhouse gases, voted in the final reading by the Parliament. The law was developed with the support of…
The Republic of Moldova is strengthening its monitoring, verification, and reporting (MRV) capacities of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to ensure the increased transparency framework in the context of the Paris Climate Agreement and to unlock access to carbon finance. Member institutions of the Moldovan MRV system, including central, local public authorities and state enterprises, are…
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement translates into the increased need for the ambition of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). To fill this need, the EU4Climate project supported the development of NDCs in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, and Moldova. Belarus and Georgia committed to reducing GHG emissions by up…
The European Green Deal has significantly increased the ambition of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) a cornerstone of the EU’s policy to combat climate change and a key tool in reducing greenhouse gas emissions cost-effectively. Since 2005, emissions in the sectors of power and heat generation, energy-intensive industrial sectors and commercial aviation within…
The Environment Agency will ensure the quality of the data included in the National Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory in accordance with the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This information needs to be submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat every two years. With the support of the EU4Climate project, funded…
Moldova has adopted or is developing a number of important national documents reflecting the integration of energy and climate policy issues. In its second NDC, the Republic of Moldova raised its ambition to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent below its 1990 level in 2030, instead of 64-67 percent as committed in NDC1. NDC2…
Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in Moldova increased by 53% to 10 million tone CO2-EQ per year between 2000 and 2020 but are still lower than in the 1990 reference year when they collapsed because of the economic crisis caused by the Soviet Union breakup. At the same time, the country’s energy intensity dropped in 20…
Melting Arctic glaciers, raising the level of the planet’s ocean and acidifying it, the disappearance of coral reefs and other species. If it was the final impact of climate change, we were learning to live with it. But this is just the beginning. Not only are we faced with trying to slow down the proverbial…
The European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) will be partially transposed into Moldovan law, with the support of the EU and UNDP. In the first stage, monitoring, reporting and independent verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) obligations will be introduced for 12 companies with a total nominal installed generation capacity of almost 3.3 thousand…