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Climate Change Convention

Asked by Charlie MaynardLiberal DemocratDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 5 December 2025UIN 94935

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of international progress towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Answered by Katie White

Before the Paris Agreement policies put the world on track for up to 4°C of warming by 2100. The latest Emissions Gap Report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), published in October 2025, estimates that current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) put the world on course for 2.3°C to 2.5°C, or 1.9°C if all countries meet their NDC and net zero commitments in full.

Following COP30, the UK will continue to push for greater ambition globally to limit temperature increase to 1.5°C.

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