A new public platform, presented at the French Embassy, reveals that the vast majority of the country’s 100 official climate agenda targets need urgent actions and an improvement in information to be met by the 2030 deadline.
The Foundation Sustainability Without Borders launched the National Climate Action Observatory, a public access tool detailing the formal commitments made by the Argentine State through 100 verifiable goals, most with a horizon in 2030.
The initial assessment provided by the platform is concerning for the state of the national climate agenda. According to the evaluation, 11% of the objectives lack information, 17% are impossible to achieve within the set timeframe, 20% show no progress, 36% show slight progress, 10% have moderate progress, 3% have expected compliance, and only 3% have already been met.
In summary, although there are initial progresses, they are markedly insufficient to achieve the goals on time and in form.
The term “slight progress” is used to describe progress that, if maintained at the current pace, will not achieve the goal within the stipulated timeframe. By adding the categories of slight progress, no progress, and impossible to achieve, it is concluded that 73% of the objectives are off the projected trajectory towards 2030.
Additionally, 11% of the goals lack available public information, hindering the ability to measure and apply corrections in time, thus increasing the risk of non-compliance.
Advancing with this agenda is a matter of national interest. Failing to meet the objectives increases the cost of the energy transition and exposes Argentina to concrete risks in its competitiveness, access to international financing, and the quality of life of its inhabitants. Inaction in climate adaptation exacerbates economic losses from extreme events, damages infrastructure and supply chains, increases insurance costs, negatively impacts health and productivity, and creates tension over water and food security. Conversely, consistent execution of goals in energy, transportation, and risk management reduces future costs, strengthens resilience, and creates new opportunities for investment, employment, and international cooperation. The Observatory precisely identifies where decision-making, budget allocation, and transparency need to be accelerated to align national and subnational efforts with already signed commitments.
For the construction of this tool, the team analyzed 23 national normative and strategic documents. Priority was given to quantitative objectives, although qualitative goals were also integrated in areas lacking consolidated metrics, such as health, losses and damages, and gender. Each of the 100 objectives was classified into a single state of progress, supported by documented and traceable evidence obtained through formal information requests and the independent technical work of more than 20 multisectoral organizations that make up the Observatory.
The defined states of progress are: no information, impossible to achieve, no progress, slight progress, moderate progress, expected compliance, and achieved. This classification will be updated semi-annually, and each objective’s record will note the source of information used.
The platform, now available at https://observatorio.sustentabilidadsf.org.ar/, consists of three complementary sections (Monitoring, Global View, and Library) aimed at strengthening access to information and promoting citizen participation. The Monitoring section presents the 100 objectives with their current status, source, and date of last update. The “Global View” section offers international indicators and reports to contextualize Argentina’s performance at the regional and global levels. Finally, the “Library” centralizes the regulations, plans, and official documents that support the monitoring, including direct links to primary sources to facilitate verification and traceability.
Mariano Villares, co-founder of Sustainability Without Borders, stated: “The data shows that a substantial part of the national climate agenda is not on track towards 2030. The central problem is the lack of monitoring and allocated resources. When there is no public information or visible accountability, corrections are not made in time.” He added that the Observatory provides a common basis for prioritizing, making progress transparent, and accelerating decision-making in key areas such as energy, transportation, and risk management. The evidence not only identifies where decisions and budgets need to be accelerated but also exposes cases where the absence of data prevented measuring progress, a situation that must be corrected to organize management and regain predictability. Villares recalled that Law 27.520 obliges the State to maintain a National Climate Change Information System, whose effective public implementation remains deficient. In light of this gap, civil society promoted the Observatory to provide verifiable evidence and a roadmap for continuous improvement.
The Observatory is the result of a technical coalition that ensured methodological quality and a multisectoral perspective, with the participation of entities such as FUNDAR, FARN, Sustentar, Democracia en Red, Círculo de Políticas Ambientales, Regenerar, Fundación Vida Silvestre, Laboratorio de Transición, Universidad Austral, Beccar Varela, CADER, LIECS, Ambiente Sano, SIBSA, FLACSO, Chequeado, Argentina 1.5, UNSAM Ambiente y Política, Essential Energy Holding, and the Club of Rome Argentine Chapter, among others. Each organization participated as an evaluator in specific objectives according to its area of expertise, which does not imply that each monitored all 100 goals.
The presentation of the Observatory was framed in the global activities for the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, with the endorsement of the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The event was attended by government authorities, private sector leaders, academics, and representatives of civil society organizations.
Finally, it was announced that the Observatory will conduct semi-annual updates and will progressively incorporate new sources, both official and external, to improve topic coverage and data comparability.
