Senegal completed its TNA in 2012. Several projects in the private and public spheres have been initiated to boost the renewable energy sector. Senegal submitted its first NDC in 2020, with an unconditional emissions reduction target of 7% and a conditional target of 29% by 2030. In 2025 Senegal began updating its first TNA, aligning with new national priorities, increasing climate ambition.
Senegal’s economy depends heavily on climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture, fishing, and tourism, which generate over 60% of employment in the country. Despite its enormous potential for renewable energy (solar and wind), Senegal’s economy remains fossil fuel dependent.
Senegal submitted its first NDC in 2020, with an unconditional emissions reduction target of 7% and a conditional target of 29% by 2030. The NDC covers mitigation actions related to the agriculture, forestry, energy, waste, and industrial processes sectors as well as adaptation measures related to ecosystems, climate risk reduction, and marine areas. The estimated overall cost of NDC implementation is USD 13 billion of which USD 8.7 billion is for mitigation and USD 4.3 billion is for adaptation.
Building on the outcomes of the first TNA, several initiatives in both the public and private sectors have been launched to strengthen Senegal’s renewable energy landscape.
In early 2025, Senegal joined TNA Phase V, revising and updating the county’s first TNA including priority sectors and technologies. The project will support Senegal in its endeavour towards sustainable development, by investigating barriers to the uptake of specific climate technologies, proposing actionable measures to overcome them and to further support the diffusion of climate technologies.