CAT Climate Target Update Tracker

Climate Targets

NDC updates since 2022

  • 69

    Submitted an update

    • 5

      Stronger NDC target

    • 37

      Did not increase ambition*

    • 27

      Countries we do not analyse submitted new NDC

    • 0

      Submitted new NDC - analysis pending

  • 0

    Proposed an update

    • 0

      Proposed stronger NDC targets

    • 0

      Proposed target not more ambitious

    • 0

      Countries we do not analyse proposed new target

    • 0

      Proposed new target - analysis pending

  • 126

    Countries have not updated target

28.4% GLOBAL EMISSIONS COVERED BY NEW NDC SUBMISSIONS
40.6% GLOBAL POPULATION COVERED BY NEW NDC SUBMISSIONS

Countries we analyse

1.5C compatible target

2022/2023 updates
  • -
2020/2021 updates (before COP26 Glasgow)
  • -

Submitted a stronger NDC target

2022/2023 updates
2020/2021 updates (before COP26 Glasgow)

Proposed a stronger NDC target

2022/2023 updates
  • -
2020/2021 updates (before COP26 Glasgow)

Did not increase ambition*

2022/2023 updates
2020/2021 updates (before COP26 Glasgow)

Will not propose a more ambitious target

2022/2023 updates
  • -
2020/2021 updates (before COP26 Glasgow)
  • -

* This category includes countries whose NDC updates did not increase ambition at all, increased by only a marginal amount or may appear stronger on paper, but will not drive additional reductions as current policies are already below the targeted level.

About the CAT Climate Target Update Tracker

Governments already knew at the time the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015 that the level of emissions cuts proposed in their national targets (or nationally determined contributions (NDCs)) would be insufficient to limit warming to 1.5˚C and thus agreed to update those targets by 2020. At COP26 (November 2021), it was clear that the updated targets were still falling short and would, at most, limit warming to 2.4˚C, almost a full degree above the Paris temperature limit. Governments decided to give themselves another year and agreed to ‘revisit and strengthen’ their targets further in 2022.

The Climate Action Tracker is tracking these updated targets and, for the 40 countries we analyse, will provide a detailed analysis on how much of an improvement each updated target is, and how much it is aligned to the goals of the Paris Agreement. Countries that are not part of the 40 CAT countries and that put forward or propose updated targets for 2030 will be listed, but not analysed.

The ever-increasing list of countries with net zero targets is encouraging. However, stronger targets in 2030 are needed in order to put the world on a path to net zero.

Countries we don't analyse

Submitted a new target

2022/2023 updates
2020/2021 updates (before COP26 Glasgow)

Status of updates before 2022

Climate targets

Status of the NDC update process (as of Dec 2021)

  • 128

    Countries have submitted new NDC targets (127 countries plus the EU)

    • 23

      Countries we analyse have submitted stronger NDC targets (22 countries plus the EU)

    • 12

      Countries we analyse did not increase ambition

    • 93

      Countries we do not analyse submitted new NDC targets

  • 1

    Country has proposed a new NDC target

    • 1

      Country we analyse has proposed a stronger NDC target

    • 0

      Countries we analyse stated that they will not propose a more ambitious target

    • 0

      Countries we do not analyse

  • 36

    Countries have not updated targets

84.9% GLOBAL EMISSIONS COVERED BY UPDATED NDC SUBMISSIONS
74.0% GLOBAL POPULATION COVERED BY UPDATED NDC SUBMISSIONS

*** NOTE: Turkey ratified the Paris Agreement on 11 October 2021 and submitted its 2015 INDC target to the UNFCCC NDC registry at that time. We do not consider this to be an updated NDC submission and it is not reflected in our numbers. Turkey should submit an updated NDC target as soon as possible.

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