Costa Rica

Costa Rica intends to achieve the headline mitigation goals of this NDC, as well as the goal of being a net zero emissions country by 2050 through domestic efforts to reduce gross greenhouse gas emissions and maximize the potential for carbon sequestration. natural sinks. The country will continue to participate in different forms of voluntary international cooperation, including under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, as a complement to its domestic efforts for adapted and resilient decarbonization. Costa Rica will apply the “San José Principles for High. Ambition and Integrity in International Carbon Markets” in all transactions and schemes associated with the GHG emissions markets in which it participates and in 2021 it will begin formal conversations with its partners in this regard.