Overview

• President Xi also committed to expand wind and solar capacity to more than six times 2020 levels and to lift non‑fossil energy to over 30% of consumption by 2035.
• Analysts noted this is China’s first economy‑wide reduction pledge, though many experts called for roughly a 30% cut by 2035 to align with earlier net‑zero aims.
• UN Secretary‑General António Guterres used a leaders’ summit at the General Assembly to press countries for 2035 plans that go “much further, much faster.”
• The European Union outlined a provisional 2035 reduction range of 66%–72%, while Brazil, Australia and Palau announced targets and India signaled it will submit its NDC around November 10.
• The United States is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement after President Trump dismissed climate change in his UN speech, intensifying questions over global leadership ahead of COP30 in Brazil.