Australia

Australia submitted its 2035 NDC to the UNFCCC on September 18, 2025. The full analysis will follow shortly here. In the meantime, find the CAT's quick response below.

The Australian government has committed to reduce its net emissions by 62-70% below 2005 by 2035. This falls short of what is needed for alignment with the 1.5°C limit, despite the warnings from the recently- published National Climate Risk Assessment.

Australia needs to strengthen its climate commitment for both 2030 and 2035, and reduce its net emissions by at least 60% by 2030 and 76% by 2035 to align with 1.5°C compatible pathways.

Australia should also deliver the policies and actions needed to achieve these targets. With comprehensive sectoral planning, it can reduce its reliance on uncertain LULUCF sinks and initiate its domestic fossil fuel phase-out.

It also needs to stop fossil fuel exports, not expand them. The approval of the Northwest Shelf, a week before the NDC announcement, is a subversion of the Paris Agreement and a slap in the face of Australia’s Pacific Island neighbours.