Many of the world’s biggest polluter nations have missed a UN deadline to set new climate targets as efforts to curb global warming come under pressure following US President Donald Trump’s election.
The nearly 200 countries signed up to the Paris Agreement faced a deadline on Monday, February 10, to submit new national climate plans to the UN, 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.
Large economies that have announced new climate plans include the US, Britain, Brazil, Japan, and Canada — although Trump is expected to scrap the US’s Biden-era contribution.
Trump last month ordered the US to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and paused some federal clean energy spending.
UN climate chief Simon Stiell said last week most countries have indicated they will still produce their plans this year.