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The Government of Côte d’Ivoire is aiming for a 30 per cent reduction in the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 as compared to levels in 2012. This objective corresponds to the nationally determined contributions (NDC) for Côte d’Ivoire that the Government submitted to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2022.
Twenty-four of the 38 planned reduction measures concern greenhouse gas emissions caused by the energy sector: under the NDC action plan, the share of renewable energies in the electricity mix is to be increased to 45 per cent by 2030 – in particular by using photovoltaic systems and biomass power plants. The plan further envisages a 20 per cent reduction in the energy consumption attributed to buildings and industry. However, current conditions in the energy sector are insufficient for achieving these climate goals.
