Antigua and Barbuda

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda is committed to the successful conclusion of  negotiations under the Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action  (ADP) in order to adopt, at COP21 in Paris, a new legally binding agreement under the United  Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) appropriate to all Parties, which  will come into effect and be implemented from 2020 onwards.

Antigua and Barbuda hereby communicates its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution  (INDC), in accordance with the relevant paragraphs of Decisions 1/CP.19 and 1/CP.20, towards  achieving the objective of the Convention to stabilize greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations to  “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” (Article 2), and  towards the Convention’s commitment for all Parties to take “measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change” (Article 4).

As agreed in Decision 1 CP/20 para 11, “Small island developing states may communicate  information on strategies, plans and actions for low greenhouse gas emission development  reflecting their special circumstances in the context of intended nationally determined  contributions.” Mitigation and adaptation targets in this INDC are presented in an up-front format to facilitate clarity and transparency, and are a mix of conditional and unconditional  contributions, contingent upon receiving international support for technology transfer, capacity-building and financial resources.