El Salvador
El Salvador submitted its first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2017, followed by an updated version in 2022. Most recently, in December 2025, El Salvador submitted its NDC 3.0.
El Salvador has submitted its NDC 3.0, marking a transition to an economy-wide net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction by 5% unconditionally, and up to 15% conditional on international support by 2035, compared to busines as usual.
Mitigation priorities include expanding renewable energy and improving energy efficiency, promoting low emission and electric transport, improving solid waste and wastewater management and conservation, restoration and sustainable management of forests and other land uses.
Adaptation priorities include integrated water resource management, climate-resilient agriculture and food systems, resilient infrastructure, cities and housing, strengthening health systems and climate risk management and ecosystem conservation and restoration.
NDC 3.0 development was led by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN).
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
- Membership: Member since 2017
- Country Engagement: Since joining the Partnership, El Salvador has requested support related to designing or strengthening monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and verification (MRV systems); designing policies, strategies, plans, and legislation; and capacity building. With Partnership support, El Salvador has developed an NDC Action Plan for the period 2022-2030 covering energy and agriculture, forestry, and other land use, biodiversity, cities, infrastructure, water resources, waste and sanitation, health, and transport. In addition, partners have supported various activities, including the elaboration of a National MRV system for the NDC, a climate finance strategy and preparation of a pipeline of public projects for NDC implementation, and capacity building in forest fire management, climate-resilient urban planning, and electromobility. For further information on the requests submitted by El Salvador, including outstanding areas of support, please follow the links in the following section.
Focal Point Ministry
- Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN)
