DELIVERING PARIS COMMITMENTS
Under the Paris Agreement, nations must update
their national targets โ called โNDCsโ โ to combat the climate crisis every 5 years. 2020 is the 5th year anniversary of the 2015 Paris Agreement , so world governments are called to deliver stronger, updated national climate targets to 2030 before the end of this year, by midnight on 31 December โ read the official communication. See also the CVF Expert Advisors’ guidance on 2020 NDC updates here for more information on the basis and ways to update NDCs.
A MATTER OF SURVIVAL
The scientific community has reached consensus on the serious harm to people and communities, loss of species and territory if the world warms beyond the 1.5ยฐC goal of the Paris Agreement. Most national NDC climate targets still date back to 2015 and have us headed for a 3ยฐC+ world. โOn the Brinkโ, global emissions need to shrink by over 7% each year till 2030 to stay on track for 1.5ยฐC. The next time all countries need to submit stronger, updated climate targets is half a decade away in 2025.
CLIMATE SURVIVAL LEADERSHIP
Will your nation deliver more ambition to combat climate change and stand up for the survival of people and planet this year? This constantly updated page tracks commitments from all countries to deliver stronger, new 2030 climate targets in 2020, in-line with the Paris Agreement. Find out below whether your country intends to show leadership and โbuild back betterโ by committing then submitting to the UN its own stronger climate targets. All nations have till midnight 31 December 2020 to deliver.
2020 CLIMATE SURVIVAL LEADERSHIP BAROMETER
ENHANCED NEW PARIS NDC CLIMATE TARGETS IN 2020
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2020 CLIMATE LEADERSHIP SURVIVAL TRACKING
ENHANCED NEW 2020 PARIS CLIMATE TARGETS
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Country | Committed | Submitted | Date Submitted | Better Emissions Target | Better Resilience Target | Latest | Target Sufficiency |
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Afghanistan | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Albania | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Algeria | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Andorra | Yes | Yes | 19 May 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | No data |
Angola | Yes | No | No data | No data | First Paris NDC, dated Nov 2015, submitted on 15 Nov 2020 | No data | |
Antigua and Barbuda | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Argentina | Yes | Yes | 31 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | Beyond 3ยฐC World |
Armenia | Yes | No | No data | No data | Armenia confirmed enhanced NDC emissions target on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | No data | |
Australia | Yes | Yes | 31 Dec 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | 3ยฐC World |
Austria | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Azerbaijan | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Bahamas | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Bahrain | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Bangladesh | Yes | Yes | 31 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Barbados | Yes | No | No data | No data | Barbados confirmed enhanced NDC emissions target on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | No data | |
Belarus | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Belgium | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Belize | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Benin | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Bhutan | Yes | No | No data | No data | 2ยฐC Compatible | ||
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Botswana | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Brazil | No | Yes | 9 Dec 2020 | No | No | 2020 NDC update failed to raise any ambition | 4ยฐC World |
Brunei Darussalam | Yes | Yes | 31 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Bulgaria | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Burkina Faso | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Burundi | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Cabo Verde | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Cambodia | Yes | Yes | 31 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Cameroon | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Canada | Yes | No | No data | No data | Canada confirmed enhanced NDC emissions target on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | 3ยฐC World | |
Central African Republic | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Chad | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Chile | Yes | Yes | 8 Apr 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 1.5ยบC Compatible |
China | Yes | No | No data | No data | 2020 NDC update commitment to earlier peaking of 23 Sept reconfirmed and enhanced reduction of emissions by 2030 announced on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | 4ยฐC World | |
Colombia | Yes | Yes | 30 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Comoros | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Congo | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Cook Islands | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Costa Rica | Yes | Yes | 10 Dec 2020 29 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC updates raise ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Cรดte d'Ivoire | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Croatia | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Cuba | Yes | Yes | 16 Sep 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raised ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Cyprus | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Czech Republic | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
DR Congo | Yes | No | No data | No data | DR Congo confirmed enhanced NDC emissions target and resilience actions on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | No data | |
Denmark | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Djibouti | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Dominica | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Dominican Republic | Yes | Yes | 29 Dec 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC submission raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | No data |
DPR Korea | Yes | Yes | 19 Sep 2019 | No | No | 2020 NDC update failed to raise any ambition | No data |
Ecuador | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Egypt | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
El Salvador | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Equatorial Guinea | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Eritrea | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Estonia | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Eswatini | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Ethiopia | Yes | Yes | 31 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
European Union | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Fiji | Yes | Yes | 31 Dec 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | No data |
Finland | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
France | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Gabon | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Gambia | Yes | No | No data | No data | 1.5ยฐC Compatible | ||
Georgia | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Germany | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Ghana | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Greece | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Grenada | Yes | Yes | 30 Nov 2019 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC submission raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | No data |
Guatemala | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Guinea | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Guinea-Bissau | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Guyana | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Haiti | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Honduras | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Hungary | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Iceland | Yes | No | No data | No data | Iceland confirmed enhanced NDC emissions target on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | No data | |
India | Yes | No | No data | No data | 2ยฐC Compatible | ||
Indonesia | Yes | No | No data | No data | 4ยฐC World | ||
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Iraq | No | No | No data | No data | Iraq's Parliament voted to accede to the Paris Agreement on 22 Sept 2020 and on 12 Dec 2020 Iraq confirmed work underway on its NDC (pending submission) | No data | |
Ireland | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Israel | Yes | No | No data | No data | Israel confirmed enhanced NDC emissions target on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | No data | |
Italy | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Jamaica | Yes | Yes | 30 Jun 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Japan | Yes | Yes | 31 Mar 2020 | No | No | Commitment to enhanced NDC ambition without specification in 2020 NDC update communication (any better NDC targets pending submission) | 4ยฐC World |
Jordan | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Kazakhstan | No | No | No data | No data | 3ยฐC World | ||
Kenya | Yes | Yes | 28 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Kiribati | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Kuwait | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Kyrgyzstan | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Lao People's Democratic Republic | Yes | No | No data | No data | Laos confirmed new NDC emissions target on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | No data | |
Latvia | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Lebanon | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Lesotho | Yes | Yes | 22 June 2018 | No | Yes | 2018 NDC update raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | No data |
Liberia | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Libya | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Liechtenstein | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Lithuania | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Luxembourg | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Madagascar | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Malawi | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Malaysia | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Maldives | Yes | Yes | 28 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience, including for Maldives to achieve net zero emissions by 2030 | No data |
Mali | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Malta | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Mauritania | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Mauritius | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Mexico | Yes | Yes | 30 Dec 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC submission raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | 3ยฐC World |
Micronesia (Federated States of) | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Monaco | Yes | Yes | 28 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Mongolia | Yes | Yes | 13 Oct 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Montenegro | Yes | No | No data | No data | Montenegro confirmed enhanced NDC emissions target and adaptation efforts on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | No data | |
Morocco | Yes | No | No data | No data | 1.5ยฐC Compatible | ||
Mozambique | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Myanmar | Yes | No | No data | No data | Myanmar confirmed enhanced NDC emissions target on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | No data | |
Namibia | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Nauru | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Nepal | Yes | Yes | 8 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Netherlands | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
New Zealand | Yes | Yes | 22 Apr 2020 | No | No | 2020 NDC update failed to raise any ambition and New Zealand reaffirmed on 11 Dec 2020 that it would not revisit its NDC until 2021 | 3ยฐC World |
Nicaragua | Yes | Yes | 24 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Niger | Yes | No | No data | No data | Niger confirmed enhanced NDC emissions target possibility on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | No data | |
Nigeria | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Niue | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Norway | Yes | Yes | 6 Feb 2020 | Yes | No | 2020 NDC update raises emissions ambition but no change for resilience ambition | 3ยฐC World |
Oman | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Pakistan | Yes | No | No data | No data | Pakistan confirmed enhanced NDC emissions target on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | No data | |
Palau | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Palestine | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Panama | Yes | Yes | 28 Dec 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC submission raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | No data |
Papua New Guinea | Yes | Yes | 16 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Paraguay | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Peru | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 3ยฐC World |
Philippines | Yes | No | No data | No data | 2ยฐC Compatible | ||
Poland | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Portugal | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Qatar | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Republic of Korea | Yes | Yes | 29 Dec 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | 4ยฐC World |
Republic of Moldova | Yes | Yes | 3 Mar 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Romania | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Russian Federation | Yes | Yes | 25 Nov 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC submission raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | 4ยฐC World |
Rwanda | Yes | Yes | 19 May 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Saint Lucia | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Samoa | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
San Marino | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Sao Tome and Principe | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Saudi Arabia | No | No | No data | No data | Beyond 4ยฐC World | ||
Senegal | Yes | Yes | 29 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Serbia | Yes | No | No data | No data | Serbia confirmed enhanced NDC emissions target on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | No data | |
Seychelles | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Sierra Leone | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Singapore | Yes | Yes | 30 Mar 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | 4ยฐC World |
Slovakia | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Slovenia | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Solomon Islands | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Somalia | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
South Africa | No | No | No data | No data | 4ยฐC World | ||
South Sudan | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Spain | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Sri Lanka | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Sudan | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Suriname | Yes | Yes | 8 Dec 2019 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Sweden | Yes | Yes | 18 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 2ยฐC Compatible |
Switzerland | Yes | Yes | 9 Dec 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC submission raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition. | 3ยฐC World |
Syrian Arab Republic | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Tajikistan | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Thailand | Yes | Yes | 25 Oct 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | No data |
The Republic of North Macedonia | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
The Republic of the Marshall Islands | Yes | Yes | 31 Dec 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC submission confirms 2nd NDC raising of resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | No data |
Timor-Leste | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Togo | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Tonga | Yes | Yes | 9 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | No data |
Trinidad and Tobago | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Tunisia | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Turkey | No | No | No data | No data | Beyond 4ยฐC World | ||
Turkmenistan | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Tuvalu | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Uganda | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Ukraine | Yes | No | No data | No data | Ukraine confirmed a new NDC emissions target on 12 Dec 2020 with a range spanning both a weaker target than the existing one through to an enhanced target (pending submission) | 3ยฐC World | |
United Arab Emirates | Yes | Yes | 29 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 4ยฐC World |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Yes | Yes | 12 Dec 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | 1.5ยฐC Compatible |
United Republic of Tanzania | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
United States of America | No | No | No data | No data | Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement entirely on 4 November 2020 | Beyond 4ยฐC World | |
Uruguay | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Uzbekistan | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Vanuatu | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | No | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Viet Nam | Yes | Yes | 10 Sep 2020 | Yes | Yes | 2020 NDC update raises ambition for both emissions and resilience | Beyond 4ยฐC World |
Yemen | Yes | No | No data | No data | No data | ||
Zambia | Yes | Yes | 29 Dec 2020 | No | Yes | 2020 NDC submission raises resilience ambition but no change for emissions ambition | No data |
Zimbabwe | Yes | No | No data | No data | Zimbabwe confirmed enhanced NDC emissions target on 12 Dec 2020 (pending submission) | No data | |