Oman, represented by the Environment Authority, has submitted its third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, fulfilling its obligations under the Paris Agreement and reinforcing national efforts to confront climate change.

The report is the Sultanate’s principal national document defining its climate targets and actions through 2035. It sets out the country’s direction on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening adaptation and climate resilience, and supporting a sustainable development pathway consistent with Oman Vision 2040 and the national goal of reaching net zero by 2050.

A 33 Per Cent Reduction Pathway

The contribution uses 2024 as its base year, when total greenhouse gas emissions stood at approximately 93.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. Against that baseline, the report commits to a 7 per cent unconditional reduction by 2035, with a further 26 per cent conditional on the availability of finance, technical support, technology transfer and capacity building — bringing the total potential reduction to 33 per cent.

Mitigation measures span several major sectors, most prominently energy, industry and industrial processes, agriculture and land use, and waste management. The document focuses on expanding renewable energy projects, improving energy efficiency, supporting low-carbon industrial transformation, developing green hydrogen, encouraging the circular economy, and studying the deployment of carbon capture, utilisation and storage technologies.

Adaptation Across Priority Sectors

The report gives significant weight to adaptation, strengthening the readiness of vital sectors to face drought, rising temperatures, cyclones, floods, sea level rise and other extreme climate phenomena.

Priority sectors identified for adaptation include water, agriculture, fisheries and marine resources, public health, tourism, and infrastructure and urban areas — the areas where climate impacts are expected to be felt most directly across Omani communities and the national economy.

An Integrated National Effort

The Environment Authority confirmed that preparing the report was the result of integrated national work, coordinated with government bodies, the private sector and relevant institutions, and grounded in national data, technical studies on emissions and climate impacts, and analysis of transition pathways toward a low-carbon economy.

The submission places Oman among the countries updating their commitments ahead of the next round of global climate negotiations, and gives the Sultanate a clearly quantified position to bring into international climate discussions.

Climate transparency, national reporting and the practical delivery of NDC commitments are among the themes on the agenda at Oman Climate Week 2026, taking place 14–16 September at the Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre in Muscat, where the road to COP31 and the implementation of Article 6 will be examined in detail.

Source: Oman Daily (Al Omaniya News Agency)
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