A critical year for climate goals

Only 13 governments submitted their new decarbonization commitments by the February deadline.

Brazil, host of this year’s United Nations climate summit, known as COP30, must have watched in dismay as only 13 governments submitted their new decarbonization commitments before the February deadline. So far, the plans vary in ambition, and the one presented by the United States has been invalidated by the country’s declaration in January of its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. It is not a good start to the year when almost 200 governments must make new and ambitious commitments to combat climate change. It is now up to Brazil to persuade the remaining parties to increase their decarbonization ambitions ahead of the new September deadline, against a backdrop of rising trade and security tensions and a focus on economic growth.

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