The Republic of Kazakhstan presents its second biennial report in accordance with the decision
1/CP.16 of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC). The report consists of the Common tabular format provided by the Decision
19/CP.18 in electronic format and textual form. The text of the report was prepared in accordance with
the ‘UNFCCC Biennial Reporting Guidelines for Developed Country Parties’ that are included into the
Annex 1 to the Decision 2/СР.17 of the Conference of the Parties (COP). This Biennial Report
supplements the information contained in the 3-6 National Communication of the Republic of Kazakhstan
submitted in accordance with Articles 4 and 12 of UNFCCC and consists of the following sections:
Introduction that describes national conditions and mechanisms relevant for preparation
of national communications and biennial reports on a regular basis in Kazakhstan;
Information on national inventories of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals
by sinks of all greenhouse gases (GHGs) not controlled by the Montreal Protocol that is included into the
national inventory reports for 1990-2013;
Quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets;
Progress in meeting quantified economy-wide emission reduction targets and related
information;
Updated projections of greenhouse gas emissions until 2020 and 2030 by sector of
economy;
The section describing extension of financial and technological support for capacity
building of developing country Parties.