Argentina

Critically Insufficient4°C+
World
NDCs with this rating fall well outside of a country’s “fair share” range and are not at all consistent with holding warming to below 2°C let alone with the Paris Agreement’s stronger 1.5°C limit. If all government NDCs were in this range, warming would exceed 4°C. For sectors, the rating indicates that the target is consistent with warming of greater than 4°C if all other sectors were to follow the same approach.
Highly insufficient< 4°C
World
NDCs with this rating fall outside of a country’s “fair share” range and are not at all consistent with holding warming to below 2°C let alone with the Paris Agreement’s stronger 1.5°C limit. If all government NDCs were in this range, warming would reach between 3°C and 4°C. For sectors, the rating indicates that the target is consistent with warming between 3°C and 4°C if all other sectors were to follow the same approach.
Insufficient< 3°C
World
NDCs with this rating are in the least stringent part of a country’s “fair share” range and not consistent with holding warming below 2°C let alone with the Paris Agreement’s stronger 1.5°C limit. If all government NDCs were in this range, warming would reach over 2°C and up to 3°C. For sectors, the rating indicates that the target is consistent with warming over 2°C and up to 3°C if all other sectors were to follow the same approach.
2°C Compatible< 2°C
World
NDCs with this rating are consistent with the 2009 Copenhagen 2°C goal and therefore fall within a country’s “fair share” range, but are not fully consistent with the Paris Agreement long term temperature goal. If all government NDCs were in this range, warming could be held below, but not well below, 2°C and still be too high to be consistent with the Paris Agreement 1.5°C limit. For sectors, the rating indicates that the target is consistent with holding warming below, but not well below, 2°C if all other sectors were to follow the same approach.
1.5°C Paris Agreement Compatible< 1.5°C
World
This rating indicates that a government’s NDCs in the most stringent part of its “fair share” range: it is consistent with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit. For sectors, the rating indicates that the target is consistent with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit.
Role model<< 1.5°C
World
This rating indicates that a government’s NDC is more ambitious than what is considered a “fair” contribution: it is more than consistent with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit. No “role model” rating has been developed for the sectors.
1.5°C Compatible< 1.5°C
World
This rating indicates that a government’s NDCs in the most stringent part of its “fair share” range: it is consistent with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit. For sectors, the rating indicates that the target is consistent with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit.

Summary table

Paris Agreement targets

Argentina was the first country to present a revised NDC in November 2016, following its INDC submission in 2015. The resubmitted NDC includes two absolute emissions reduction targets for 2030 (Government of Argentina, 2016a).

The unconditional target limits emissions to 483 MtCO2e in 2030 including LULUCF and, according to our calculations, to 422 MtCO2e in 2030 (excl. LULUCF and calculated using Global Warming Potentials (GWP) from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)). This unconditional target is equivalent to 35% above 2010 levels and 80% above 1990 levels excluding LULUCF.

The conditional target, including LULUCF, limits emissions to 369 MtCO2e in 2030 and, according to our calculations, to 322 MtCO2e in 2030 (excl. LULUCF, calculated using GWP from IPCC AR4). This is equivalent to a 3% increase above 2010 levels and 38% above 1990 levels, excluding LULUCF.

In comparison to the revised NDC, the original INDC target was formulated as a reduction below business-as-usual (BAU) and led to higher absolute emissions levels. Argentina also updated its method for calculating the historical data it used to determine the target levels of the NDC (Ministry of Environment of Argentina, 2016). The revision of the methodology led to an increase in the ambition of the target. For more detail on the original INDC, see our 2015 assessment.

CAT ratings are based on emissions excluding the LULUCF sector. To obtain the NDC emissions level excluding LULUCF, the CAT assumes that the share of the LULUCF emissions in 2030 will be similar to the share of these emissions in the NDC’s BAU scenario.

2020 pledge

Argentina submitted a list of unilateral and supported mitigation actions being undertaken across the energy efficiency, renewable energy, biofuels, forest management and waste management sectors. According to the submission “these initiatives have a direct and positive consequence in the emission reduction of GHG, contributing to the ultimate objective of the Convention” (Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2010).

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