EU

Overall rating
Insufficient

Policies and action
against modelled domestic pathways

Insufficient
< 3°C World

NDC target
against modelled domestic pathways

Insufficient
< 3°C World

NDC target
against fair share

Insufficient
< 3°C World
Climate finance
Insufficient
Net zero target

year

2050

Comprehensiveness rated as

Acceptable
Land use & forestry
Not significant

2035 NDC

2035 NDC Target

The EU submitted its 2035 NDC to the UNFCCC on November 5, 2025. Once we have reviewed the NDC, we will post our full analysis here.

Read our response to the EU Environment Council’s failure to adopt a 2035 NDC target from September 2025, our recommendation for a 1.5°C aligned 2035 target, and our blog "EU missing in action?" for more details.

Further analysis

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Latest publications

Published 2025/11/13

RELEASE: little change in warming outlook now for four years; new 2035 cli…

Published 2025/11/13

Little change in warming outlook for four years; new 2035 climate targets …

Published 2025/11/11

Press conference – Global Temperature Update 2025

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

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