Most Countries Miss UN Deadline for New Climate Targets

10/2/2025 19:08

Many of the world's biggest polluter nations have missed a U.N. deadline to set new climate targets as efforts to curb global warming come under pressure

following U.S. President Donald Trump's election.



The nearly 200 countries signed up to the Paris Agreement faced a Monday deadline to submit new national climate plans to the U.N., setting out how they plan to cut emissions by 2035.



As of Monday morning, many of the world's biggest polluters - including China, India and the European Union - had not done so.



"The public is entitled to expect a strong reaction from their governments to the fact that global warming has now reached 1.5 degrees Celsius for an entire year, but we have seen virtually nothing of real substance," said Bill Hare, CEO of science and policy institute Climate Analytics.