Honduras

NDC Status

Honduras submitted its third NDC in January 2026.

Key highlights from the NDC

• Honduras's third NDC introduces strengthened inter-institutional ownership, improved comparability of targets, and enhanced climate governance. These advances lay the foundation for more effective implementation and improved access to climate finance.
• The NDC aligns its ambition with global benchmarks, including net-zero CO₂ by 2050, while noting that national targets remain largely conditional on external financing.
• Honduras maintains an economy-wide mitigation target of reducing projected emissions by 17 percent over 2021–2030 compared to business-as-usual (BAU) and extends its trajectory to 2035 through a methodological projection. The NDC covers all major greenhouse gases and five key sectors: energy, industrial processes, agriculture, LULUCF, and waste. The NDC also highlights progress in REDD+ and engagement under Article 6.2, creating opportunities to leverage carbon markets and results-based finance.
• On adaptation, the NDC organizes actions under five strategic axes and 26 measures, covering food security, biodiversity, water, health, and resilient infrastructure. For the first time, it incorporates a dedicated Loss and Damage component. Adaptation priorities are aligned with national risk management and development policies.
• The NDC emphasizes gender equality, social inclusion, just transition, ecosystem conservation, and alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals, promoting stronger climate–nature integration. While comprehensive cost estimates are pending, it identifies international climate finance, technology transfer, and capacity building as key means of implementation.
• UNDP, through its Climate Promise initiative, played a leading technical and coordination role, in close collaboration with GIZ, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Alliance of Biodiversity International and CIAT, and the NDC Partnership.