What is Democratic Republic of the Congo's pathway to limit global warming to 1.5°C?
Buildings
The DRC’s residential and commercial buildings were the largest consumers of energy with a share of 91% of total final consumption in 2019.1 The majority of the sector’s energy mix was sourced from solid biomass with a share of 96% in 2019.2 The biomass is primarily in the form of wood fuel and charcoal which account for 93% of the energy used for cooking.3 Some studies show that the use of energy wood is projected to increase to around 58% of forest degradation and 19% of localised deforestation by 2030.4 Only 5% of the population had access to clean cooking technologies in 2020.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo's energy mix in the buildings sector
petajoule per year
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Energy mix composition in the buildings sector in consumption (EJ) and shares (%) for the years 2030, 2040 and 2050 based on selected IPCC SR1.5 global least costs pathways.
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Most of the scenarios analysed see an increase in direct CO₂ emissions to around 1 MtCO₂e/yr until 2030 after which they peak and start declining, reaching close to zero by 2040. In these scenarios, the increasing replacement of traditional biomass with electricity as a source of energy is the main driver of this decline. From 1% in 2019, the electricity share in the buildings sector grows to between 18% to 23% by 2030 and 57% to 81% by 2050. Electricity will help decarbonise the building sector if it is produced from renewable energy sources which is the case in the DRC (See the power section for details).
Whilst the emissions from the building sector are already negligible, the DRC has not articulated any detailed targets or measures to mitigate building-related emissions.
Democratic Republic of the Congo's buildings sector direct CO₂ emissions (of energy demand)
MtCO₂/yr
Direct CO₂ emissions only are considered (see power sector for electricity related emissions, hydrogen and heat emissions are not considered here).
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Direct CO₂ emissions of the buildings sector in selected 1.5°C compatible pathways.
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1.5°C compatible buildings sector benchmarks
Direct CO₂ emissions and shares of electricity, heat and hydrogen in the buildings final energy demand from illustrative 1.5°C pathways for Democratic Republic of the Congo
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2040
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2050
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Direct CO₂ emissions
MtCO₂/yr
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Relative to reference year in %
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| Indicator |
2019
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2030
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2040
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2050
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Share of electricity
per cent
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1
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18 to
23
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39 to
55
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57 to
81
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Share of heat
per cent
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0
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0 to
1
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0 to
1
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2 to
16
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Share of hydrogen
per cent
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0
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0 to
0
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0 to
0
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0 to
0
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All values are rounded. Only direct CO₂ emissions are considered (electricity, hydrogen and heat emissions are not considered here; see power sector for emissions from electricity generation). Year of full decarbonisation is based on carbon intenstiy threshold of 5gCO₂/MJ.
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