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Portugese NECP
The latest draft (August 2024) shows some improvement from the 2019 NECP. The economy-wide GHG emission reduction target was updated to the upper limit of the range in the previous version and climate neutrality was anticipated to 2045. The primary and final energy consumption targets are in line with the requirements of the new 2023 Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and the target for renewables in the energy mix slightly increased. However it still falls short of the ambition needed to comply with the Paris Agreement.
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Portugal – climate action progress in figures
Check Portugal’s implementation of its National Energy and Climate Plan
As of 2022, Portugal was not fully on track to implement its old 2019 NECP, whose ambition is now obsolete. Net and gross emissions have stagnated in the past two years and, as of 2022, they were around 30 percentage points away from the planned 2030 targets. Emissions from non-ETS sectors seem to be on track to meet the (extremely unambitious) old NECP objectives. Emissions from the transport sector remain a reason for concern: after a sharp decline during the pandemic year (2020), they increased again at a relatively fast rate.
This sector is now jeopardising the achievement of national targets due to its weight in national emissions: around 30% of national emissions. Moreover, primary and final energy consumption increased sharply between 2020 and 2022, putting Portugal off-track from its old energy efficiency trajectory. Renewables are increasing their relevance in the energy mix but, in 2022, the share of renewables in electricity generation was still not aligning with the 2019 NECP trajectory.
Check here our latest briefing from October 2024
“Mind the NECP Gap”
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Portuguese NECP Assessment
Overall Portugal does not move towards a 1.5° trajectory. The plan fulfils the minimum EU requirement for climate effort sharing. However, the energy efficiency contribution is not in line with the EU 2030 energy efficiency target and it is unclear whether the contribution for renewable energy is in line with the EU-binding renewables target...
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NECPs Explainer
If we were to tell you in one minute everything about EU National and Energy Climate Plans (NECPs), this is how we’d do it. Watch the video and see by yourself the links between National Energy and Climate Plans and our day-to-day European lives.