Argentina is the world eighth largest
country by size and the third largest economy in Latin America,
after Brazil and Mexico. Argentina’s co2 emissions totalled around
430 MtCO2eq in 2012 or around 1% of global greenhouse
emissions. Total CO2 emissions per capita in 2010 were slightly
below the OECD average at 11 tonnes.
Although the absolute level of greenhouse gas emissions in
Argentina does not rank it among the top-emitting countries, its
level of per capita emissions (8.35 CO2eq/per capita by 2016,
following 3rd BUR Argentina Government (2019)) places it in a
medium to high rank at the global scale. Similarly, emissions per unit of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are close to the world
mean
with respectively 0.24 and 0.32 kg CO2eq/$ PPP GDP for the year
2014. In its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) under the
Paris Agreement, Argentina has unconditionally committed not to
exceed 483 MtCO2eq of net emissions in 2030. A key long-term
challenge for Argentina is to achieve the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations while deeply mitigating its
GHG emissions. However, there is no other strategy beyond the
commitments to 2030 in Argentina. To align more ambitious nearterm action with a deep decarbonization objective by 2050, a
long-term low-greenhouse gas emissions development strategy is
needed.
