Introduction

The Climate Action Observatory is a tool designed to monitor Argentina’s progress in meeting its international and national climate commitments. Through a system of predominantly quantitative targets, it provides an objective assessment of the country’s progress on climate action.

The platform presents a selection of Argentina’s climate commitments. Each target includes a dedicated factsheet detailing its implementation status, data sources and most recent update. Its purpose is straightforward: to provide clear and accessible information for anyone seeking to understand where Argentina currently stands and what remains to be achieved.

Sources of the targets

We selected commitments adopted by the national government through climate-related plans, legislation and strategies. Priority was given to commitments with clearly defined quantitative targets and deadlines. Where an issue of particular relevance lacked official quantitative targets, well-defined qualitative targets were included to avoid leaving critical gaps in the assessment.

The targets are reproduced verbatim, without modification, as published in the corresponding official reference documents. This ensures consistency with the original commitments undertaken by the Argentine State. Although official indicators are prioritised, alternative indicators may be used where the original indicators are not sufficiently representative or where no data are available.

A total of 24 official documents of different international and national legal and policy levels—most of them with a 2030 time horizon—were assessed. They are listed below in alphabetical order:

  • Global Methane Pledge, joined by Argentina at COP26.
  • Global Renewables and Energy Efficiency Pledge, joined by Argentina at COP28.
  • Decree No. 1030/2020.
  • Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, endorsed by Argentina at COP26.
  • Long-Term Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development Strategy to 2050, adopted through Resolution No. 218/2023 of the former Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.
  • National Action for Climate Empowerment Strategy, 2023.
  • National Strategy for International Climate Finance for the Argentine Republic, adopted through Resolution No. 7/2023 of the former Secretariat for Strategic Affairs.
  • Argentina’s National Sustainable Finance Strategy, adopted through Resolution No. 696/2023 of the Ministry of Economy.
  • National Strategy for the Development of the Hydrogen Economy.
  • National Strategy for the Use of Carbon Markets, adopted through Resolution No. 363/2023 of the former Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.
  • National Health and Climate Change Strategy, adopted through Joint Resolution No. 2/2023 of the former Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Health.
  • First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1).
  • 2020 State of the Environment Report.
  • Law No. 27,520.
  • Second Nationally Determined Contribution (Second NDC).
  • Second NDC: Update of Argentina’s 2030 Net Emissions Target.
  • Second National Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plan, 2022.
  • National Forests and Climate Change Action Plan, adopted through Resolution No. 447/2019 of the former Secretariat of Government for Environment and Sustainable Development.
  • National Energy Transition Plan, adopted through Resolution No. 1036/2021 of the Secretariat of Energy.
  • National Sustainable Transport Plan, adopted through Resolution No. 635/2022 of the former Ministry of Transport.
  • National Disaster Risk Reduction Plan of the Argentine Republic, 2023 edition, subsequently discontinued.
  • National Disaster Risk Reduction Plan of the Argentine Republic, 2026 edition.
  • National Plan for Forest Management with Integrated Livestock Production, adopted within the framework of Joint Resolution No. 2/2022 of the former Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and the former Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.
  • Conservation Lighthouse Network, established through Resolution No. 432/2020 of the former Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development.

The criteria used to select these documents included all international climate commitments undertaken by the national government, legislation specifically addressing climate change, and the main official climate policy documents issued by the National Executive Branch.

How progress status is determined

Each target is assigned to a single category based on the best available evidence. The eight categories are designed to be intuitive and easy to interpret.

Removed target

The target was formally removed by the national government.

Impossible to achieve

This category applies in either of the following circumstances:

  • Even with immediate action, there is no longer sufficient technical, administrative or financial time to meet the target by the established deadline. The bottleneck that makes achievement unfeasible is identified and explained.
  • The official deadline has expired and the target was not met. The deadline and the evidence supporting the assessment are documented.

No progress

No verifiable actions or intermediate milestones have been identified. There are also no allocated resources or active policy instruments indicating that implementation has begun.

Early progress

Initial steps have been identified, such as regulations, plans, calls for tenders or pilot projects. However, the current trajectory remains insufficient to meet the target on time unless implementation is accelerated.

Moderate progress

Sustained implementation actions have been identified. However, the target remains distant, or the current pace of progress is insufficient to meet it by the established deadline.

Expected compliance

Implementation and the pace of progress are consistent with achieving the target within the established timeframe. Clear milestones and official sources support this assessment.

Completed

The target has been verifiably achieved. The date of completion and the primary source confirming its achievement are provided.

The 2025 version of the ONAC included the No information category. Following the 2026 update, no assessed target falls within this category.

No information

No publicly available data or responses to formal requests for information are available to verify progress. This classification is maintained on a temporary basis until sufficient evidence becomes available.

Sources of data

We prioritise information published by official government bodies. Where official information is unavailable or incomplete, we rely on formal access-to-information requests, as well as research and analysis conducted by technical teams and specialised organisations.

Where sources differ, we select the most robust and reliable evidence and document the rationale for that decision in the corresponding target factsheet.

How often is it updated?

We publish updates every six months. In each update cycle, we identify which targets have changed status and explain the reasons for those changes. Between scheduled updates, individual target assessments may be revised when relevant new information becomes available

What you can do from each target factsheet

You can consult the original source and review the criteria used to determine the target’s status. If you identify a potential error, you can submit specific supporting evidence so that it can be reviewed and corrected promptly.

Why are some targets quantitative and others qualitative?

Quantitative targets allow progress trajectories to be measured more precisely. Qualitative targets are used to capture key issues for which no official quantitative targets have been established, such as health, loss and damage, or gender.

In both cases, the assessment is based on clear, consistent and traceable criteria.

Principles guiding the assessment

  • Fidelity to the official wording of each commitment.
  • Consistent criteria across all thematic areas.
  • Verifiable evidence and a documented record of changes.
  • Clear and accessible language so that everyone can understand what was committed to and what action has been taken.

Target selection criteria

In 2025, 51 commitments and their associated targets were identified and grouped into 16 key thematic areas. Together, they represented 100 targets subject to monitoring, with different implementation deadlines, most of them set for 2030.

However, the initial review of all the documents listed above identified more than 650 targets, 177 of which were quantitative. The Observatory decided to focus primarily on quantitative targets, as these make it easier to assess the degree of progress and compliance. Given the complexity and resources required to monitor more than 177 quantitative targets, the 77 considered most relevant were prioritised, ensuring an efficient monitoring process capable of informing decision-making.

An additional 23 qualitative targets were also included to cover issues considered essential to the Observatory, such as loss and damage, health, climate finance, accountability and transparency, and gender, for which no quantitative targets had been established.

In 2026, 15 additional targets were incorporated, together with a new thematic area on water and sanitation.

The full list of thematic areas is as follows:

  • Agriculture and livestock
  • Biodiversity
  • Forests
  • Emissions
  • Energy
  • Climate finance and sustainable finance
  • Gender
  • Disaster risk management
  • Hydrogen
  • Methane
  • Loss and damage
  • Waste
  • Accountability and transparency
  • Health
  • Subnational action
  • Transport
  • Water and sanitation

The relevance of the selected quantitative and qualitative targets was determined on the basis of the following criteria:

  • Prioritising quantitative targets whenever possible and ensuring that each selected thematic area includes them. Where no quantitative targets were available, qualitative targets were selected.
  • Prioritising targets established in Argentina’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), Long-Term Strategy (LTS) and First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1), as these are commitments submitted within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
  • Including mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage targets to ensure a comprehensive approach.
  • Selecting targets referenced in multiple official documents, thereby strengthening their methodological basis.
  • Prioritising targets covering a significant share of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
  • Preserving the original wording of the commitments and targets contained in the reviewed documents and avoiding interpretations that could alter their original meaning.

The selected targets also meet the following standards:

  • Measurable and responsive: they can be measured and respond to changes in the situation being monitored.
  • Clearly defined: they are described in a clear and comprehensive manner.
  • Objective: they reflect the situation being assessed without bias or distortion.
  • Specific: they capture the situation being measured rather than changes caused by external factors.
  • Monitorable: they can be independently verified.
  • Consistent: they can be compared over time.

 

Open participation

This is a living initiative. If you work in a public institution, academia, the private sector or a civil society organisation and have data that can strengthen transparency, please share it through the contact form available on each target factsheet.

The Observatory improves when evidence is shared.