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expert reaction to UK’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement

Scientists comment on the UK’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) emissions target. 

 

Prof Joeri Rogelj, Director of Research at the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment, Imperial College London, said:

“The UK’s new NDC sends a clear signal of the UK’s intention to reclaim international climate leadership.

“With an 81% reduction from 1990, the NDC follows the advice of its scientific advisory committee that sketches out a fair and ambitious contribution of the UK to the Paris Agreement.

“NDCs are pledges, however, and not policies.  Here the UK will have to step up because its current policies fall far short of what is needed to meet their current targets.”

 

Dr Robin Lamboll, Research Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment, Imperial College London, said:

“The UK’s NDC doesn’t have any nasty surprises.

“It continues our recent trend of successfully reducing emissions, though does little to make up for our historic consumption.

“It represents a continued plodding onwards with the job of decarbonising our economy, and while not particularly inspiring, instils some normality in the mechanics of the Paris agreement.”

 

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uks-2035-nationally-determined-contribution-ndc-emissions-reduction-target-under-the-paris-agreement

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-01-30/hcws404

https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/2025-01/UK%27s%202035%20NDC%20ICTU.pdf

 

 

Declared interests

Dr Robin Lamboll: “No conflicts.”

Prof Joeri Rogelj: “No COIs to declare.”

 

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