UAE

Overall rating: Highly 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: Critically insufficient; 4°C+ World

Climate finance: Not assessed

Net zero target: year
2050; Comprehensiveness rated as
Poor

Land use & forestry: Not assessed

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