In the run-up to COP30, the United Nations has indicated, in a summary report of the ‘Nationally Determined Contributions’ (NDCs) published on Tuesday 28 October, that the Parties to the Paris Agreement are not reducing their emissions fast enough.
Taking into account the latest NDCs and announcements made just before the report was published, such as the ‘declaration of intent’ by the EU, which has not yet issued its definitive NDC (see EUROPE B13737A22), global emissions would...