Senegal
Status under International Climate Change Law
- UNFCCC: signature (13 June 1992) and ratification (17 Oct 1994)
- KP: ratification (20 July 2001)
Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA - Vienna Convention: accession (19 Mar 1993)
- Montreal Protocol: signature (16 Sept 1987) and ratification (6 May 1993)
- LRTAP: NA
- Energy Charter: NA
- Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
- Espoo Convention: NA
Federal Laws on Climate Change
Climate
- Decree No. 2011-1689 establishing the National Committee on Climate Change (2011) [French]
- Decree No. 2013-316 stating utility of the Draft Stormwater Management and Climate Change Adaptation (PROGEP) (2013) [French]
- Ministerial Decree No. 9317 establishing the organization and functioning of the National Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program through energy efficiency in the building sector (2013) [French]
- Ministerial Decree No. 9318 on the establishment, composition and functioning of the National Programme Steering Committee for Greenhouse Gas reduction through energy efficiency in the building sector (2013) [French]
Air Protection
- Adopted Interministerial No. 7358 fixing the conditions of application of the standard NS 05-062 on air pollution (2003) [French]
Energy
- Decree No. 2007-981 on the powers of the Minister of Biofuels and Renewable Energies (2007) [French]
- Decree No. 2008-38 on the powers of the Minister of Biofuels, Renewable Energies, and Scientific Research(2008) [French]
- Decision No. 6-2009 adopting the Regional Initiative for Sustainable Energy Strategy (2009) [French]
- Law 2010-12 authorizing the President of the Republic to ratify the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) (2010) [French]
- Law 2010-21 Framework Law on Renewable Energy (2010) [French]
- Law 2010-22 on the orientation of the Biofuels sector law (2010) [French]
- Primatorial Decree No. 1577 establishing the organization and functioning of the Interministerial Committee on Renewable Energies (2011) [French]
- Decree No. 2013-684 on the establishment, organization and functioning of the National Agency for Renewable Energies (2013) [French]
Other
- Law No. 2001-01 regarding the Environmental Code (2001) [French]
- Decree No. 2011-282 on the implementation of the Environmental Code (2001) [French]
- Decree No. 2004-595 on the powers of the Ministry of Planning and Sustainable Development (2004) [French]
- Decree No. 2012-652 on the functions of the Minister of Ecology and Nature Protection (2012) [French]
Government Documents
- First National Communication to the UNFCCC (1997) [French] (Addendum 1999)
- National Adaptation Programme of Action (2006) [French]
- Second National Communication to the UNFCCC (2010) [French] (Executive Summary [English])
Factual Matters
- United Nations Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics Snapshot (2013)
NGO Resources
- Economic Commission for Africa, National Strategies for Sustainable Development in Africa: A Sixteen-Country Assessment (2011) [English]
Summaries of legislation compiled from Nachmany, M., et al. 2014. “The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study: A Review of Climate Change Legislation in 66 Countries. Fourth Edition.” London: GLOBE International and the Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics.
Updated as of: January 8, 2015