National circumstances accompanying the Cuban national greenhouse gases inventory. Serie 1990 – 2022

Abstract

A national GHG Greenhouse Gases Inventory (INGEI, in Spanish version) is the balance between the amount of greenhouse gases emitted and removed from the atmosphere in a given place and at a given time, generally corresponding to a calendar year. The objective of INGHGIs is to determine the magnitude of national GHG emissions and removals that are directly attributable to human activity, as well as the country's specific contribution to the phenomenon of climate change. The work shows the national circumstances that accompany the Fourth National Greenhouse Gas Inventory of Cuba (INGEI of Cuba), which covers the period from 1990 to 2022 and will be presented by the country before the United Nations Framework Convention on the Climate Change (UNFCCC). The general background on the INGEI of Cuba, the institutional arrangements, the updating process, the methodology used and the principal categories are shown. The implementation of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines constitutes a significant step with respect to previous reports in which the Revised IPCC Guidelines of 1996 were fundamentally followed. The international economic environment for Cuba is characterized by the persistence of the economic, commercial and financial of the government of the United States of America. Since 2020, the covid-19 pandemic and the tightening of the blockade have affected the Cuban economy. A new economic model that focuses on strategic lines for the development of the country, the decentralization of the State and the government to benefit the management of local governments, the increase in foreign investment, and the stimulation of the private sector with the objectives of plotted development.