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The strategic orientation note for the development plan for 2016 2020 identified the green economy as vitally important to sustained growth, social justice, and greater well being while considerably reducing environmental risks and shortages of natural resources.

Rationalized management and good governance in the exploitation of natural resources and their protection are the cornerstone of the green economy and are among the chief national priorities in relation to safeguarding the sustainability of resources and the right of future generations to enjoy them.

The challenges that Tunisian agriculture must address in order to provide food security require comprehensive integrated management that reflects the fragility of natural resources (soil and water) and the need to reduce the impact of climate change.

As a result, the development plan for 2016 2020 identified a scenario that allows for a reduction in regional imbalance, fewer pressures on water and soil resources, cleaner agriculture and better productivity in irrigated land. Equally there is an emphasis on containing urban expansion into agricultural land; and on protecting, conserving and developing marine resources while continuing to develop the biological recovery system, combat unregulated fishing and promote aquaculture.

The plan also provides for responsive, improved management of forestry and pastoral resources based on fire prevention, reforestation, reduced over grazing and forestry management.

[2. Water security]
This will be addressed as part of a comprehensive policy combining all uses and forms of resources, including securing the supply of drinking water nationally by harnessing resources and using water more economically.

The plan is to harness traditional resources by constructing a series of interconnected dams and other works to conserve water and soil in order to protect water facilities and boost storage capacity.

At the same time, in the light of the limited water resources available, there are plans to improve the water treatment system, and to promote water saving and desalination technologies.

The national energy strategy essentially aims to reduce energy dependency and to secure supply, including through improved energy efficiency and the promotion of renewable sources (wind, PV solar and CSP solar). As such, energy from renewables should account for 12% of all power generated by end 2020 and 30% by 2030. In order to attain these objectives a law was enacted in May 2015 on the execution of projects to generate electricity from renewable energy sources.

Additionally, the energy efficiency programme aims to reduce energy intensity by 3% annually over the period 2016 2030. In 2013, the National Energy Control Fund was renamed the Energy Transition Fund and its remit was widened.