UN Climate Report Shows Emission Curve Bending Downward

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UN: The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has reported significant progress in countries’ climate commitments, noting improvements in the quality, credibility, and economic coverage of their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) for 2025.

Released ahead of the COP30 climate conference in Brazil next month, the UNFCCC’s latest NDC synthesis report analyzes national climate plans submitted between January 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025. The report draws on 64 new NDCs submitted by parties to the Paris Agreement, representing about 30 percent of global emissions in 2019.

According to the report, many countries are adopting stronger and more comprehensive climate targets, showing that global emissions are continuing to decline — although not fast enough to meet the Paris temperature goals. “Parties are bending their combined emission curve further downward, but still not quickly enough,” it said.

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The UNFCCC emphasized that countries are increasingly taking a “whole-of-economy, whole-of-society” approach, integrating climate action into key areas such as economic stability, job creation, health, and energy security.

However, the report also warned that much greater acceleration is needed to achieve faster and deeper emission cuts and to ensure that the benefits of strong climate action reach all countries.

UN Secretary-General’s spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said the UNFCCC’s broader calculations indicate that global emissions could fall by around 10 percent by 2035 — marking the first clear sign of a global decline.

“The science is very clear: it is entirely possible and essential to bring temperatures back down to 1.5 degrees Celsius after a temporary overshoot of that limit,” Dujarric added.