Energy & Climate Policymaking in Portugal

Research, demonstration and technological development organization whose mission is to promote technological innovation, guiding science and technology towards the development of the economy, contributing to the increase in the competitiveness of economic agents within the framework of sustainable progress in the Portuguese economy.

The Portuguese Environment Agency is a public institute integrated in the indirect administration of the State, under the Ministry of Environment and Climate Action and endowed with administrative and financial autonomy and its own assets.It is the entity responsible for implementing environmental policies in Portugal.

The Commission for Climate Action (CAC) formerly known as the Interministerial Commission for Air, Climate Change (CIAAC) is the government structure for monitoring climate policy and sectoral policies with an impact on national objectives in terms of air and climate change.

The Directorate-General for Energy and Geology (DGEG) is the Portuguese public administration body whose mission is to contribute to the design, promotion and evaluation of policies relating to energy and geological resources, from a perspective of sustainable development and ensuring safety supply.

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Action has the mission of formulating, conducting, executing and evaluating environmental policies, land use planning, cities, urban, suburban and passenger road transport, mobility, climate, forestry, nature conservation, energy, geology and forests, from a perspective of sustainable development and social and territorial cohesion.

Responsible for regulating the natural gas and electricity sectors, whose mission is to adequately protect the interests of consumers, promote competition between agents intervening in the markets, contribute to the progressive improvement of economic and environmental conditions, and arbitrate and resolve disputes.