Cameroon has no binding national climate-change law; its general Loi cadre relative à la gestion de l'environnement (1996) and a 2019 decentralisation framework law leave adaptation obligations non-binding at the sub-national level. Cameroon's updated NDC, submitted in September 2021, sets a 35% reduction target by 2030 against a 2010 baseline, 12% unconditional and 23% conditional, across agriculture, forestry, land use, energy and waste. Cameroon has no dedicated carbon-market instrument.
Projects
BluEdea Cameroon Mangrove Restoration
Apolownia's proposed BluEdea restoration around the Douala-Edéa coastal mangroves.
CAMERR
Planète Urgence’s filed mangrove restoration design in the Wouri estuary.
Iroko Restoration
Restoring 14,000 hectares of degraded Congo Basin rainforest across two communal forests.
Voundou Solar Mini-Grid
A solar and battery mini-grid in Voundou village, Centre Region, built by REI Cameroon.
Regulation
Framework law
No framework law instrument located. Checked: none (Loi cadre relative à la gestion de l'environnement, 1996, is the general environmental framework; a 2019 Framework Law on Decentralization touches CTD environmental responsibilities but imposes no binding adaptation obligations)
NDC
"Le niveau de réduction de GES à l'horizon 2030 est de 35% réparti ainsi qu'il suit : 23% dans un scénario conditionnel, 12% inconditionnel" — période couverte 2020–2030, année de référence 2010, coût de mise en œuvre 57 640 [milliers] USD (28 713 milliards FCFA)Résumé, p.1
Covers AFAT, Energy and Waste sectors; CO2/CH4/N2O/HFC/PFC/SF6; base year 2010; 35% total reduction target by 2030 vs BAU (12% unconditional, 23% conditional).
Issuing body: Government of Cameroon · Corroborated
Carbon market
No carbon market instrument located. Checked: draft/pre-decree (UNDP-supported national framework development, tender opened August 2024; Article 6 cited as a strategy pillar for the updated NDC but no decree/ordonnance text located)