On 03 November 2022, the Fourth National Communication of Albania (NC4) was submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat. The development of the Fourth National Communication of Albania to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a joint undertaking of the Ministry of Tourism and Environment and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) upon support provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to the Project “Republic of Albania: Enabling Activities for the Preparation of the Fourth National Communication and the First Biennial Update Report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)”.

Albania’s Fourth National Communication is a commitment to provide the following elements of information to the Conference of the Parties: (i) National circumstances; (ii) A national inventory of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol; (iii) General description of steps taken or envisaged by Albania to implement the Convention, i.e., measures to mitigate climate change and measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change; (iv) Any other information that Albania considers relevant to the achievement of the objectives of the Convention; and (v) Constraints and gaps, and related financial, technical, and capacity needs.