Adequate implementation of decarbonization will benefit Costa Rica

The progress report on the implementation of the National Decarbonization Plan shows that this initiative follows the roadmap to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, betting on a development model based on bio-economy, green growth, improving the quality of life of citizenship and social inclusion.

Presented Thursday at the Costa Rican Art Museum in the capital, marking the third anniversary of the decarbonization plan, the report highlights that Costa Rica will achieve 83 percent of the Phase 1 targets (foundations) for that instrument. general.

As of last February, the country had completed 61 percent of the first phase goals 2018-2022, the report notes, which highlights progress in key sectors due to their high emissions, such as transportation and agriculture.

This indicates that thanks to the installation of a nationwide network of 43 electric vehicle chargers and the inclusion of 1,652 livestock farms under the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) programme.

He points out that during the first three years of implementation, progress has been made in 10 main axes and eight transversal axes, which distinguishes mobility based on the efficiency of public transport, as five (62 percent) of the eight targeted measures were completed this month. .

Before the end of the year, he indicated that two more goals are due to be accomplished, raising the level of compliance to 87 percent.

The report explains that among the measures of this axis, the driving of electric buses in two urban public transport routes, 68 kilometers of exclusive lanes implemented in nine major lanes, and the entry into operation of the national electronic payment system in public transport.

As another example, the report mentions the focus of the Low-Emissions Livestock Model, which achieved 42 percent of goals this month, but 100 percent of goals due to be accomplished before the end of the year.

The goals achieved in this first phase (the foundations) 2018-2022 allow the implementation of the National Decarbonization Plan 2018-2050 to continue on time, as the report confirms, which shows that the next two phases are the inflectional phases (2023-2030) and the overall deployment (2031). -2050).

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