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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
before 2060; Comprehensiveness rated as
Poor

Land use & forestry: Not significant

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