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Overall rating: Highly insufficient

Policies and action against fair share: Insufficient; < 3°C World

NDC target against modelled domestic pathways: Highly insufficient; < 4°C World

NDC target against fair share: Insufficient; < 3°C World

Climate finance: Not assessed

Net zero target: year
2060; Comprehensiveness rated as
Poor

Land use & forestry: Not significant

2035 NDC Target

China has not yet submitted their 2035 NDC to the UNFCCC. Once the new NDC has been submitted, we will publish our assessment here.

For our quick analysis of the announcement made by China at the UN General Assembly in September 2025, read our press release "China's new target unlikely to drive down emissions".

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Policies & action

Net zero targets

Latest publications

Published 2025/09/25

RELEASE: China's new target unlikely to drive down emissions

Published 2025/09/22

RELEASE: CAT downgrades US to "Critically insufficient"

Published 2025/09/19

Response to EU Environment Council’s failure to adopt a 2035 NDC target

Published 2025/06/26

Why Article 6 should increase climate action – not delay it

Published 2025/06/19

Mid-year check on 2035 climate plans

Published 2025/06/19

RELEASE: Mid-year check on climate plans: not much to analyse

Published 2025/05/21

Virtual Event – Plugging into progress: Evaluating power sector decarbonis…

Published 2025/05/12

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