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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: Critically insufficient

Net zero target: year
2050; Comprehensiveness rated as
Average

Land use & forestry: Not significant

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