Uruguay national climate change response strategy

The National climate change response strategy is Uruguay's attempt to frame mitigation and adaptation policies. It details which sectors are responsible for the national GHG emissions (energy, land use change and agriculture), lists the country's particular vulnerabilities (costal erosion, uncertainty in annual crop yields, forest fires, etc.), and establishes sectoral priorities and objectives. It further discusses the sectoral and transversal management of the efforts. 

Objectives of the plan include: 

• Coordinating institutional actions for an effective response to climate change; 
• Advancing towards integrated climate risk management; 
• Improving knowledge on vulnerability to climate change scenarios; 
• Establishing preventive adaptation policies that contribute to protecting biodiversity and ecosystems and reduce the vulnerability of the population.