Goals and results

Discover the European goals and commitments made by Portugal for climate action and stay up to date with their implementation.

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Commitments to climate action

At a national level, Portugal has made a commitment to achieve climate neutrality, which means balancing greenhouse gas emissions and the capacity to capture these emissions until a zero balance is reached, in order to contribute to limiting global warming to 1.5ºC.

As a member state of the European Union, a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and a signatory to the Paris Agreement, it is bound by the emission reduction targets set at international and European level.

Main goals of the National Energy and Climate Plan 2030

Looking ahead to 2030, the National Energy and Climate Plan has set out a series of ambitious but achievable goals to combat climate change.

To ensure its implementation, policies and measures have been established in areas such as renewable energies, energy efficiency, electricity interconnections and greenhouse gas emissions.

Greenhouse gas emissions

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (excluding the land use, land use change and forestry sector) compared to 2005 values, to be achieved by 2030

55%

Energy efficiency

Increased energy efficiency, measured by a reduction in primary energy consumption by 2030, compared to the maximum foreseeable ceiling for energy consumption

35%

Renewable energies

Percentage of renewable energies in gross final energy consumption, to be achieved by 2030

49%

Transports

Percentage of renewable energies in final energy consumption in the transport sector, to be achieved by 2030

23%

Electrical interconnections

Percentage of interconnection capacity relative to installed power in Portugal, to be achieved by 2030

15%

Electrical production

Percentage of renewable energy used in electricity production by 2030

85%

Heating and cooling

Percentage of use of renewable energies for heating and cooling, to be achieved by 2030

47%

Energy Dependence

Percentage of energy imported by Portugal, to be achieved by 2030

65%

A path to climate neutrality

The European commitments to which Portugal is bound for 2030 in terms of mitigation are framed by the European Climate Law and the "Fit for 55" legislative package.

Portugal has become more ambitious in its commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, an approach reflected in the Climate Framework Law, the Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality 2050 and the National Energy and Climate Plan 2030.

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Goals achieved

Goals in the process of being achieved

Goals not met

2020

Reduzir as emissões de GEE entre 18% a 23%, em relação a 2005

Amount achieved: 33%