Central Africa is home to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as Congo-Kinshasa and formerly as Zaire. The DRC is the second-largest country in Africa by land area, after Algeria, and the eleventh-largest country in the globe. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country in the globe, with a population of approximately 112 million. Kinshasa, the nation's capital and largest metropolis, is also the economic hub. Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), Zambia, Angola, the Cabinda exclave of Angola, and the South Atlantic Ocean form the country's borders.
Region
Central Africa
Capital city
Kinshasa
Language
French
GDP
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Area
Population
112,000,000
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
Emission Target
Combined unconditional and conditional contribution is a 21% reduction in total GHG emissions compared to the BAU in 2030 (of which 19% conditional and 2% unconditional)
Target Sectors
AFOLU, Waste, Energy, Agriculture
Mitigation Actions and Priorities
-DRC wants to become a carbon sinkhole,
- Clean cookstoves and sustainable charcoal production,
- Increased hydroelectricity generation,
- Reforestation and land restoration.
- Clean cookstoves and sustainable charcoal production,
- Increased hydroelectricity generation,
- Reforestation and land restoration.
Adaptation Actions and Priorities
- Securing the livelihoods and lifestyles of rural/urban communities,
- Promoting rational management of forest resources, and protection and preservation of vulnerable ecosystems in coastal areas,
- Integrating adaptation and vulnerability indicators into the national monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system that will be developed.
- Promoting rational management of forest resources, and protection and preservation of vulnerable ecosystems in coastal areas,
- Integrating adaptation and vulnerability indicators into the national monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system that will be developed.
