The Nordic countries were not among the only 13 of the 195 signatories to the Paris agreement, who have communicated their updated climate action plans before a 10 February deadline. COP30, the next UN Climate Conference, takes place in Brazil in November.
The Paris Agreement requests each country to outline and communicate their post-2020 climate actions, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) every five years. Together, these climate actions determine whether the world achieves the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement and limit global warming to 1.5 degree on Celsius.
New deadline for “quality” plans
The UN has now given countries more time to submit “quality” climate plans.
“Because these national plans are among the most important policy documents governments will produce this century, their quality should be the paramount consideration,” Simon Stiell head of UN Climate said in a speech in Brazil, which hosts the next UN Climate Conference.
“So taking a bit more time to ensure these plans are first-rate makes sense, properly outlining how they will contribute to this effort and therefore what rewards they will reap.”
At the latest though climate action plans have to be communicated to UN Climate before September to be ready for the Climate Conference in Belem in Brazil 10-21 November 2025.
Nordic Countries and big economies
Among big economies that did not submit their plans in time are, in addition to the Nordic Countries, the European Union, China and India. However, Brazil, the United Kingdom and the United States did submit plan and so did Andorra, Switzerland, the Marshall Islands, Singapore, Saint Lucia, New Zealand, Uruguay, Ecuador, and the United Arab Emirates.
