Total greenhouse gas emissions (without LULUCF)

North Macedonia has no national target for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions (excluding land use, land use change and forestry), but, for the EU target to be reached by 2030, the factor change should be 12.3, which is at least six times higher than the EU average factor change. The mitigation actions for the energy generation subsector aim to achieve a GHG emission reduction of 1 729 Gg of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030. With the energy and climate targets for 2030, which were adopted by the Energy Community Ministerial Council in 2022 and correspond to the targets in the national energy and climate plan (to 2030), North Macedonia has reaffirmed its commitments to reducing primary and final energy consumption, accelerating the use of renewable energy and reducing GHG emissions. In order to achieve an effective reduction in GHG emissions, sectoral targets have been set, and the same have been set for 2030, in relation to emissions from 1990. These targets are GHG emission reductions of 66% in energy, 29% in agriculture and 21% in waste, 95% carbon sink growth for forestry and land use, to balance the expected 45% increase in emissions from industrial processes and other sources.