South Africa

Overall rating
Insufficient

Policies and action
against modelled domestic pathways

Insufficient
< 3°C World

NDC target
against modelled domestic pathways

Almost Sufficient
< 2°C World

NDC target
against fair share

Insufficient
< 3°C World
Climate finance
Not applicable
Net zero target

year

2050

Comprehensiveness not rated as

Information incomplete
Land use & forestry
Not significant

2035 NDC

2035 NDC Target

South Africa submitted its 2035 NDC to the UNFCCC on October 24, 2025. Once we have reviewed the target, we will post our full analysis here.

Further analysis

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Targets
Policies & action
Policies & action
2035 NDC
2035 NDC
Net zero targets
Net zero targets
Assumptions
Assumptions
Sources
Sources

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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