Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, 2016 (Tonga)

The Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) of Tonga submits that it intends to achieve 50% of electricity generation from renewable sources by 2020 and 70% of electricity generation from renewable sources by 2030. Tonga also intends to improve energy efficiency through reduction of electricity line losses to 9% by 2020 (from a baseline of 18% in 2010). It will double the 2015 number of Marine Protected Areas by 2030. The INDC also sets sector Emission Reduction Targets in transport, agriculture, environment friendly waste management and reforestation, and in Other Sectors Climate Resilience including public infrastructures, foreshore protection, buildings and houses. Furthermore climate resilience is addressed as a cross-cutting issue with both adaptation and mitigation benefits where key resilience building statements cover: (1) Halting deforestation and degradation of indigenous forests; (2) Maintaining national parks, reserves and protected areas; (3) Establishing and managing forest reserves; (4) Promoting reforestation and rehabilitation of cleared and degraded forests with climate change resilient, and ecologically and socially appropriate tree species; (5) Promoting integrated agroforestry in areas earmarked for agriculture; (6) Discouraging tree removal on tax allotments; (7) Encouraging tax allotment holders to plant and manage trees on their properties.