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UN CLIMATE TALKS -Revealed: Only a third of national climate pledges support ‘transition away from fossil fuels’  

Only around a third of the latest country climate pledges submitted to the
UN express support for the “transition away from fossil fuels”,
according to Carbon Brief analysis.

Several countries even have used their
2035 climate plans to commit to increasing the production or use of fossil
fuels, predominately gas, the analysis finds.

The first global stocktake of
progress to tackle climate change, agreed at the COP28 climate summit in
Dubai in 2023, calls on all countries to contribute to “transitioning
away from fossil fuels”. Countries were meant to explain how they are
implementing the outcomes of the global stocktake, including their
contribution to transitioning away from fossil fuels, in their latest
climate plans.

However, just 23 of the 63 plans submitted to the UN so far
express support for “transitioning away from fossil fuels”, or the
“phase out” or “phase down” of their use.

In addition, sixcountries, including Russia, Nigeria and Morocco, use their climate plans to commit to boosting gas production. Some two-thirds of countries have not yet announced or submitted their pledges, missing not only the UN deadline of 10 February, but also an extension to September. How to address the lack of sufficient action from countries with their latest plans is billed to be one of the major issues up for debate at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil next month.

Carbon Brief 22nd Oct 2025, https://www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-only-a-third-of-national-climate-pledges-support-transition-away-from-fossil-fuels/

October 24, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change