Senegal has no dedicated framework climate law yet: a "loi climat" was in diagnostic and preparation stage as of a 23 May 2026 report, with a World Bank representative pressing for adoption before November 2026. Senegal does have in force a 2018 Forest Code (Loi n° 2018-25) governing forests, off-forest trees and forestry land nationwide, and a first NDC submitted on 29 December 2020, built around unconditional and conditional mitigation objectives across transport, waste, energy, industry, forestry and agriculture. A national carbon-market decree is in active consultation, following a February 2026 workshop convened by the Ministry of Environment and the Direction du changement climatique, de la transition écologique et des financements verts with Belgian development-agency ENABEL support, but it is not yet adopted.
Projects
ABC Mangrove
Over 7,000 hectares of Senegalese tidal mangrove restored on a fully digitized VM0033 carbon workflow.
Great Green Wall, Senegal
Senegal's national section of the Great Green Wall, run by the Agence Sénégalaise de la Reforestation et de la Grande Muraille Verte across 131 communes.
Kahone Solaire and Kael Solaire
Two solar plants in Kaolack and Diourbel, 35 MW and 25 MW, held by Meridiam, ENGIE and FONSIS under a 25-year concession.
Lep-lep
A triple-stacked mangrove restoration across Senegal's Sine Saloum and Casamance deltas.
Oceanium / Livelihoods Carbon Fund
Roughly 80 million mangroves replanted across Senegal's deltas in the world's largest such effort.
Olympic Forest – Mali and Senegal
A Plan Vivo-certified agroforestry programme across the Sahel, framed as a Great Green Wall contribution.
Regreening Africa
A UN World Restoration Flagship regreening degraded farmland across eight African countries.
SURAGGWA: Scaling-Up Resilience in the Great Green Wall
A 222 million USD Green Climate Fund programme to restore Sahelian landscapes across eight Great Green Wall countries.
Trees for the Future
Farmers planting Forest Gardens to end hunger, restore degraded land, and break the cycle of poverty.
WeForest Casamance & Sine-Saloum
Four mangrove species replanted at up to 5,000 trees a hectare across Senegal's two great estuaries.
Regulation
Held out for Carbon market, Net-zero / LTS: Candidate identified; not shown until its primary source is confirmed
NDC
"Dans les deux composantes de cette CDN, deux objectifs sont fixés : un objectif inconditionnel, consistant à la réalisation des activités avec les moyens nationaux (État, collectivités locales, secteur privé, ONG, etc.), et [un objectif conditionnel...]"Résumé, p.3
Sets unconditional and conditional GHG mitigation objectives across transport, waste, energy, industry, forestry and agriculture; adaptation priorities named separately (coastal erosion, agriculture, fisheries, livestock, health, biodiversity, flooding).
Issuing body: Direction de l'Environnement et des Établissements Classés / COMNACC — no dedicated entities.ndjson row · Corroborated
Carbon market
See "Held out" note above.
Forest / REDD+
"Article premier. - Le présent Code a pour objet de fixer les règles générales de la gestion des forêts, des arbres hors forêt et des terres à vocation forestière du Domaine national. Il a également pour objet de déterminer les conditions d'exploitation des forêts privées. Il s'applique à l'ensemble du patrimoine forestier national."Titre premier, Chapitre premier, Article premier
Sets the general legal regime for forests, off-forest trees and forestry-vocation land nationwide; regulates private-forest exploitation.
Issuing body: Assemblée nationale du Sénégal / Ministère chargé des Eaux et Forêts — no entities.ndjson row for a Senegal forestry ministry · Corroborated
Net-zero / LTS
See "Held out" note above.