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By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala
Ambition has a price.
Implementing the third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) will require an estimated N$229 billion in investment from now to 2035.
The NDC is the country’s climate change plan but also a development, resilience, and investment roadmap.
The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Indileni Daniel, revealed this last week during the High-Level Launch of Namibia’s Third Nationally Determined Contribution.
The cost is spread between mitigation and adaptation measures.
As for adaptation measures, N$124.89 billion is required, and N$104.43 billion is needed for mitigation measures.
The plan cost is more than the value of goods and services that Namibia produces annually (based on 2025 Real GDP) and more than two past annual budgets combined.
Approximately 12% of the N$229 billion is unconditional, while 88% is conditional upon international climate finance, technology transfer and capacity-building support.
The Third Plan has placed adaptation at the center, representing the larger share of total investment (54%), led by Water Resources (N$62.6 billion) and Agriculture & Food Security (N$29.35 billion).
Within mitigation, energy remains the largest single sector (N$60.66 billion).
According to Daniel, conditional does not mean optional investment.
It means Namibia has identified what more can be achieved when international support matches our national ambition.
“Our task now is therefore to move beyond talking about climate finance to mobilising climate finance,” she said.
The Minister has noted that climate change does not wait for meetings, budgets, strategies or government processes.
“The drought does not wait for our submissions to be approved, and the flood certainly does not wait for procurement to be completed,” she reminded.
Adding that implementation must sometimes move faster than paperwork.
According to the Environment Ministry, the NDC 3.0 connects climate action directly to the issues that matter to the Namibian people: water and food security, energy, public health, resilient infrastructure, biodiversity, jobs and the long-term competitiveness of our economy.
The environment Minister has also highlighted that climate action cannot belong to one Ministry alone.
Saying that NDC 3.0 must be nationally owned.
“It must be a whole-of-government and whole-of-society responsibility,” said Daniel.
RAISED AMBITIONS
Namibia has raised its ambitions.
From now to 2035, NDC 3.0 identifies 26 mitigation measures and 106 actions across energy, agriculture, forestry and other land use, industrial processes, and waste.
Namibia is one of the driest countries in the world, with drought being experienced in many parts of the country, as well as water scarcity, floods, extreme heat, and land degradation.
Adaptation is not simply an environmental issue, it is a development imperative, the Environment Ministry noted.
NDC 3.0 identifies nine adaptation priority areas, comprising 46 measures and 110 actions, covering agriculture and food security, water resources, biodiversity, fisheries, health, infrastructure, coastal zones, urban settlements and broader resilience.
The Ministry has, however, noted that “these numbers will mean very little if they remain on paper.”
Saying that the country’s efforts/plan must translate into water security, productive farms and rangelands, stronger early-warning systems, resilient infrastructure, cleaner energy, healthier ecosystems, and communities better prepared for climate shocks.