Ecuador

Overview

Ecuador submitted its first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2019, followed by an updated version in February 2025 — its second NDC.

In its second NDC, Ecuador commits to a 7% unconditional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target and up to 8% with international support by 2035, compared to a 2010 baseline.

The mitigation target covers the following sectors: Energy, Industrial Processes, Agriculture, Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (USCUSS), and Waste.

Priority adaptation areas include water resources, natural heritage, health, food sovereignty, human settlements, and productive sectors. The NDC emphasizes the integration of gender, age, and intercultural considerations across all adaptation actions. It also introduces a draft framework on addressing loss and damage.

The NDC development was led by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (which has since been restructured and is now the Ministry of Environment and Energy).

Knowledge

Timeline of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Document Submissions

Please click on the timeline below to view the documents submitted.

Climate Commitments

Partnership Engagement

Membership: Member since 2018
Country Engagement: Since joining the Partnership, Ecuador has requested support related to designing and improving policies, strategies, plans, and legislation; strengthening monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and verification (MRV systems); and to improving coordination and whole-of-society approach. With Partnership support, Ecuador has developed an NDC Action Plan for the period 2021-2030 covering energy, agriculture, industrial processes, waste and LULUCF. In addition, partners have supported various activities, including the development of communication tools aimed at improving measurement, reporting and verification of the NDC in the Energy, Industrial and Waste Sectors, as well as private sector involvement in climate action through the program Ecuador Carbono Cero, and the generation of a large-scale national project to manage adaptation to climate change. For further information on the requests submitted by Ecuador, including outstanding areas of support, please follow the links in the following section.

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