"According to the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Synthesis Report, governments have submitted plans to the UN that would reduce fossil fuel emissions by just 10% by 2035 compared to 2019 levels, a fraction of what is needed to keep the planet from warming more than 1.5°C above preindustrial temperatures. The report includes climate action plans from fewer than a third of the nations that signed the Paris Agreement, the legally binding treaty demanding countries take action to limit planetary heating to 1.5°C, a decade ago."
"China and the European Union have not yet submitted their NDCs ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), and in the United States, President Donald Trump ordered the country's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement for a second time earlier this year and has been pushing for more fossil fuel extraction while dismantling renewable energy projects. The report's projection includes a plan that was submitted by the US in the last weeks of the Biden administration, which Trump has said he has no plans to fulfill."
Submitted national climate plans collectively would cut fossil fuel emissions by about 10% by 2035 compared to 2019, which is far below the reductions required to keep warming near 1.5°C. Fewer than one-third of Paris Agreement signatories have formally submitted updated NDCs. China and the European Union had not filed formal NDCs ahead of COP30; China pledged a 7–10% cut from peak by 2035 and the EU has debated 62–72.5% reductions. The United States included a prior administration plan that the current president has said he will not implement. Current commitments fall well short of the 1.5°C pathway.
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