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UN Warns 2035 Climate Pledges Fall Far Short as COP30 Moves to Curb Misinformation

The findings raise the stakes for talks in Belém.

Overview

  • A United Nations analysis of 113 parties’ updated targets projects only a 12% cut in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 compared with 2019.
  • Meeting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal would require roughly a 60% reduction by 2035, underscoring a major ambition gap.
  • The new UN review covers countries and regions responsible for about 69% of global emissions.
  • Brazil and at least ten countries launched a declaration to counter climate misinformation and corporate greenwashing, with signatories including Germany, Canada and France, while Japan did not join.
  • President Donald Trump sent no senior federal officials to COP30, as a roughly 100-person ‘America Is All In’ delegation of U.S. states and businesses participated and California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized federal policy.