Little progress on climate pledges

Many pledges made at last year’s COP26 summit – to phase-down coal and cut deforestation and methane emissions – have yet to be honoured. Only 24 countries have updated their emissions targets.


2021: Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rise to record 36.3 billion tonnes – their highest level ever

2020: Pandemic hits demand for oil and coal

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35		  33.5	
30	30.4 32.3      31.5
25

	2010	2015	2020


Emission cuts: At COP26, 151 countries pledge to improve “Nationally Determined Contributions.”
United Nations Environment Programme warns pledges will have negligible effect on limiting global
warming to 1.5°C


Deforestation: 145 countries pledge to cut deforestation by 10% yearly from 2020.
Jan-Sep 2022: Deforestation of Amazon rises by 23%

Global methane pledge: U.S., EU and 117 other countries pledge to slash methane emissions by 30% from 2020 to 2030.
Only 15 countries have concrete plans to do so

Fossil fuels: 39 countries pledge to end public financing of fossil fuels by end of 2022. Just six
countries have turned pledges into action

Climate finance: Pledge made in 2009 to provide $100 billion a year to vulnerable countries by 2020.
Developed world claims finance reached $83.3bn in 2020, but Oxfam estimates it was only $24.5bn


Sources: IEA, , Oilchange International, Reuters, UNEP 
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