Antigua and Barbuda’s 2021 National Determined Contribution (‘NDC’) targets outlines the Government of Antigua and Barbuda’s (‘GOAB’) envisioned climate targets to accomplish its catalytic role gender-responsive transition to a low emission, climate resilient economy. The country’s Readiness Needs are consequentially linked to accomplishing its 2021 NDC targets. Moreover, the government envisions that it will perform this catalytic role through its proposed climate change project pipeline while managing transitional risks via programmes for the just transition of the workforce, enhancing respective enabling environments for thematic areas, and social investment.

The 2021 NDC has targets related to the:

1. transition away from imported energy to grow a new nationally sourced energy sector
2. resilience in the back-up energy, financial, food security, buildings, transportation, and infrastructure (i.e. sewage, roads and coastal protection) sectors
3. socially and gender inclusive investment strategy as the main strategy for private sector engagement and
4. making all of its financial flows consistent with a low emission, climate resilient development pathway through its public and private sector financial institutions