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<div>To benefit from the support of the Recovery and Resilience Facility set up by the EU in the aftermath of the COVID-19-induced economic crisis, Member States submit their recovery and resilience plans to the European Commission. Each plan sets out the reforms and investments to be implemented by end-2026 and Member States can receive financing up to a previously agreed allocation. Each plan should effectively address challenges identified in the European Semester, particularly the country-specific recommendations of 2019 and 2020 adopted by the Council. It should also advance the green and digital transitions and make Member States’ economies and societies more resilient. The Commission validates the plan after which it effectively enters in force and EU subsidies can start flowing towards the member state. The European Commission has given a positive assessment to Croatia’s recovery and resilience plan, which will be financed by €6.3 billion in grants. 40% of the plan’s total allocation for reforms and investments supports climate objectives, including:</div><ul><li>Energy efficiency and post-earthquake reconstruction of buildings: renovating at least 225,000 square metres of residential buildings and 593,000 square metres of public buildings. €789 million</li><li>Sustainable mobility: upgrading railway lines, autonomous electric taxis with supporting infrastructure adapted for people with disabilities, installing 1,300 charging stations for electric vehicles, introducing zero- emission vehicles and vessels. €728 million</li><li>Low-carbon energy transition: modernising energy infrastructure to connect 1,500 MW of renewable energy, supporting investments for the production of advanced biofuels and renewable hydrogen, financing innovative carbon capture and storage projects. €658 million</li><li>Support to businesses for green transition and energy efficiency: supporting businesses with projects aimed at boosting green economy, sustainable tourism, investing in green technologies. €542 million</li></ul>

This document sets quotas for the subsidised production of energy from renewable energy sources and cogeneration.&nbsp;

The Adaptation Strategy provides the vision: Republic of Croatia resilient to climate change. For this purpose, the following goals were set: (a) reduce the vulnerability of natural and social systems to the adverse effects of climate change, (b) increase their ability to recover from the effects of climate change, and (c) exploit the potential positive effects that may also be a consequence of climate change.
The Adaptation Strategy sets out priority measures and coordinated action through short-term action plans and monitoring of the implementation of measures. In the process of developing the Adaptation Strategy, the sectors that are expected to be most exposed to climate change were identified: water resources, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, biodiversity, energy, tourism, and health. In addition, two cross-sectoral topics that are key for the implementation of a comprehensive and effective climate change adaptation were addressed: spatial planning and disaster risk management.
Further monitoring of climate change impacts on Croatia will show whether measures should also be taken in some other sectors, and the Adaptation Strategy will be updated as required. The value of this Adaptation Strategy is also that it is the first strategic document that gives the assessment of climate change for Croatia by the end of 2040 and 2070, possible impacts and vulnerability assessment, which should be an incentive for further integration of the described risks into sectoral strategic and planning documents at the national and local level.

The National Energy and Climate (ENCP) Plan is a ten-year integrated document mandated by the European Union to each of its member states in order for the EU to meet its overall greenhouse gases emissions targets.   The key objectives outlined in the plan are : 1) the reduction in GES, 2) the share of renewable energy sources in the gross final energy consumption and energy efficiency, expressed as consumption of primary energy and direct consumption of energy. Different measures concerning decarbonisation, energy efficiency and security are implemented in electricity, agriculture, building construction, heating, cooling and transport sector. 

Targets include reduced GHG emissions, increased share of renewables and increased energy efficiency.

This Act sets up a framework that requires Croatia to adopt a long-term strategy every 5 years with a 30-year horizon and a short-term plan every 10 years with action plans for implementation. It also requires an adaptation strategy for 2040 and 5-year adaptation action plans.

Aims include decarbonisation and improving the environmental efficiency of the transport sector.

One of the purposes of the Act is efficient use of energy and reducing the impact of fossil fuels on the environment.

The purpose of this law is to create a regulatory framework to promote the production of electricity from renewable energy sources and high efficiency co-generation, and to create incentives for consuming energy from renewable sources. It creates a support system for renewable energy production facilities in the form of a market premium and a guaranteed purchase price for installations smaller than 30 kW. The law outlines the process of public procurement in which renewable energy projects must participate to qualify for government support.

GHG reduction is one of the stated purposes of the Act.

Croatia National Inventory Report (NIR). 2025

Croatia Biennial Transparency Report. BTR1

Croatia National Inventory Report (NIR). 2024

Croatia National Communication. NC8; Biennial Report. BR5

Croatia's National Inventory Report submitted in 2023

Increase the RES share by 36.6 per cent in the gross direct consumption of energy for heating and cooling.

Increase the RES share by 13.2 per cent in the direct consumption of energy in transport.

Increase the RES share by 36.4 per cent in the gross direct consumption of energy.

Increase the RES share by 63.8 per cent in the gross direct consumption of electricity

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions for non-ETS sectors: at least 7% compared to the 2005 level. 



Reduce greenhouse gas emissionsin the ETS sector : at least 43% compared to the 2005 level.&nbsp;

31% cut in N2O emissions to 87kt and 34% cut in VOC emissions to 90kt by 2020 against a 2005 baseline

20% cut in emissions from ETS sectors, 11% cut from non-ETS sectors by 2020 compared with a 2005 baseline

80-95% cut in GHG emissions  by 2050 compared with a 1990 baseline

10% cut direct energy consumption compared to average by 2020 compared with a avg. (2001-2005) scenario

9% cut in indirect energy consumption compared to average by 2006 compared with a avg. (2001-2005) scenario

20% cut in direct energy consumption by 2012

22.76PJ energy saved by 2020 compared with a avg. (2001-2005) scenario

1.938 PJ energy saved annually by 2020 against a 2014 baseline

11.15 primary energy consumption TOE, 7% final energy consumption TOE by 2020

1-2% annual decrease in energy intensity per unit GDP (to meet 7% energy demand in 2015) by 2015

19.77 PJ energy saved (6.7 household, 3.64 services, 3.4 industry, 6.03 transport) by 2016 compared with a avg. (2001-2005) scenario

10% cut in GHG emissions from liquid petroleum fuels by 2012 against a 2010 baseline

35% cut in biodegradable landfill waste by 2020 against a 1997 baseline

13.65 primary electricity from renewable sources by 2020

35% electricity from renewable sources by 2020

20% heating and cooling from renewables by 2020

15PJ energy from biomass by 2010, then 26PJ by 2020

12% avg. energy from renewables, 21% electricity from renewables

2% biofuel in transport liquid fuel mix by 2005, then 5.75% by 2010

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