Senegal

Senegal faces a complex development context, marked by high vulnerability to climate change amid the need for economic diversification. Lacking deliberate planning risks exacerbating regional inequalities, accelerating environmental degradation, and locking-in carbon-intensive infrastructure. In response, the country is advancing an ecological transition towards a low emission, climate resilient‑ model. This transition is anchored in the update of its NDCs and participation in the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), with a focus on expanding renewable energy by 2030 and promoting social inclusion and economic diversification. Senegal’s experience could demonstrate relevance of just and sustainable energy transition in new fossil-fuel producing country and serve as a regional model for green economy policies and investment strategies for sustainable economic diversification.

In 2024, Senegal launched the National Ecological Transition Strategy (NETS) and adopted a public policy framework, Senegal 2050: National Agenda for Transformation. It includes a 2025–2034 Master Plan and a five-year‑ National Development Strategy (SND 2025–2029), structured around four pillars: building a competitive economy, strengthening human capital and social equity, advancing planning and sustainable development, and promoting good governance with African engagement.

Senegal’s green and ecological transition has been advanced through strong collaboration across national counterparts, including the Ministry of Environment and Ecological Transition, the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Cooperation, the Ministry of Finance and Budget, the Ministry of Energy, Oil and Mines, the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Institutional Relations, the Ministry of Vocational Training, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the National School of Administration, the National Platform on Green Economy, and the National Committee on Climate Change.