UNFCCC sees some “green shoots of good news” on climate action

New Delhi: The UNFCCC expects global emissions to fall by around 10 per cent by 2035,
going by the current extenet and speed of climate actions being taken globally.

Humanity is now clearly bending the emissions curve downwards for the first time, although still not nearly fast enough, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell said on the launch of the Nationally Determined Contributions(NDCs) Synthesis Report, which covers national climate plans formally submitted in the NDC registry between January 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025.

The report, released yesterday comes ahead of COP30 which will be held in in Brazil next month.

The study shows that countries are increasingly taking a whole-of-economy, whole-of-society approach, with 89% containing economy-wide targets.

It notes significant steps being taken by countries on Adaptation as  almost three-quarters (73%) of new NDCs include adaptation components.

Parties – especially from Small Island Developing States – are also increasingly integrating Loss and Damage as a core component of their NDCs.

The report notes that significant progress has also been made on integrating into NDCs elements on gender, stakeholder and youth engagement, just-transitions, the roles of forests and oceans, and on Article 6, carbon markets.

NDCs submitted are broadly consistent with a linear trajectory from 2030 targets to long-term net zero targets, it says.

The UN Climate Change Executive Secretary also cautioned against drawing global conclusions from this report, though he said it it still contains some green shoots of good news.

However, the data set in today’s report provides quite a limited picture, as the NDCs it synthesizes represent around one-third of global emissions.

“In order to provide a wider picture of global progress ahead of COP30, we have done some additional calculations which also capture new NDCs or targets submitted or announced up to publication of this report, and including at the Secretary-General’s Climate Summit in New York.This wider picture, though still incomplete, shows global emissions falling by around 10% by 2035,” he said.

—-India News Stream