Lao PDR LT-LEDS

Kickoff meetings in Vientiane

The Center for Climate Strategies (CCS) is assisting the Government of Lao PDR for the development of its Long-term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS). The technical assistance project is funded by the Word Bank and will be delivered by CCS in collaboration with two local partners, Earth Systems and Care Laos. CCS will lead the technical consortium and will work closely with the Ministry of Natural Resource & Environment, Department of Climate Change (DCC-MONRE) and other ministries.

Through this ten-month technical assistance, CCS will support DCC-MONRE in identifying short- and medium-term low-emission development actions across economic sectors and defining their implementation roadmap to help the country fulfill its net-zero emissions commitment by 2050, and simultaneously position itself towards a sustainable and equitable socio-economic development in a timely manner.

With its updated NDC, Lao DR has set an ambitious net-zero emissions target by 2050 and has already started to build its path towards this goal through, for instance, the National Green Growth Strategy and the upcoming Climate Change Strategy. CCS will build on these efforts and others to help the country to move from planning to implementation by connecting long-term goals with short- and medium-term actions and implementation steps.

The technical assistance project was launched September 2022 in Vientiane during a week of meetings with governmental agencies, the National University of Laos and development partners. Simultaneously,  CCS has started to conduct technical work to revise the business-as-usual forecast for GHG emissions and economic growth that will enable the identification of new low emission development opportunities and assess their greenhouse gases impacts and costs/benefits.