Climate targets: Energy

• NDC content

  2 targets

  • 100% electricity generation from renewable energy by 2025
    Energy | Target year: 2025
    Source:

    Samoa's INDC
  • Energy - reduce GHG emissions in the energy sector6 by 30 percent in 2030 compared to 2007 levels (or by 53 Gg CO2e compared to the new reference year once the GHG emissions inventory is updated
    Energy | Intensity target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2007
    Source:

    Samoa's INDC

• National laws and policies

  8 targets

  • 100% renewable energy sources for electricity by 2025
    Energy | Target year: 2025
    Source:

    Samoa Climate Change Policy 2020-2030

    Executive | 2020

  • 100% renewable energy for electricity by 2025
    Energy | Target year: 2025
    Source:

    Samoa 2040

    Executive | 2021

  • 20% share of mass production from renewables by 2030
    Energy | Base year target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2030
    Source:

    Samoa National Energy Policy

    Executive | 2007

  • 20% increase in renewable energy in energy services and supply by 2030 against a 2010 baseline
    Energy | Base year target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2010
    Source:

    Samoa National Energy Policy

    Executive | 2007

  • 10% increase total energy consumption from renewables by 2016 against a 2012 baseline
    Energy | Base year target | Target year: 2016 | Base year: 2012
    Source:

    Samoa Energy Sector Plans 2012 - 2016 and 2017-2022

    Executive | 2012

  • 10% increase in renewable energy in energy services and supply by 2016 against a 2012 baseline
    Energy | Base year target | Target year: 2016 | Base year: 2012
    Source:

    Samoa Energy Sector Plans 2012 - 2016 and 2017-2022

    Executive | 2012

  • 100% renewable electricity capacity by 2017
    Energy | Base year target | Target year: 2017 | Base year: 2017
    Source:

    Strategy for the Development of Samoa 2016/17 - 2019/20

    Executive | 2016

  • 100% Renewable Energy by 2025
    Energy | Base year target | Target year: 2025 | Base year: 2025
    Source:

    Samoa Energy Sector Plans 2012 - 2016 and 2017-2022

    Executive | 2012

For further analysis of the NDC, see Samoa country profile on