| Iceland ICELAND |  |
| Commitment Reference(s): | Statement of HE Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iceland, at the 2020 Climate Ambition Summit |
| Latest Commitment: | 12 December 2020 |
| Key Commitment Text: | "Today, I would like to announce that Iceland is willing to increase its level of ambition from the currently pledged 40% emission cuts by 2030 to 55% or more. Our recently updated climate action plan will be strengthened further to reflect this goal." |
| Israel ISRAEL |  |
| Commitment Reference(s): | Statement of HE Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, at the 2020 Climate Ambition Summit |
| Latest Commitment: | 12 December 2020 |
| Key Commitment Text: | "Israel is totally committed to a successful transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by 2050. We've already made crucial progress in two specific areas. In coal, we've substantially reduced our dependency. In fact, Israel is a global leader in cutting coal consumption. By 2025, that's just five years from now, barring an emergency, Israel will no longer be burning coal, any coal. In solar energy, over the last five years, we've increased our generation from 2% to some 10%. By 2030, solar energy will provide over a third of all Israel's electricity." |
| Monaco MONACO |  |
| Commitment Reference(s): | Statement of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco at the 2020 Climate Ambition Summit |
| Latest Commitment: | 12 December 2020 |
| Key Commitment Text: | "Our ambitions need to be scaled up. That is why I am announcing that the Principality of Monaco will submit by the end of this year a revised and enhanced NDC, renewing the engagement I took of becoming a carbon neutral principality by 2050. To achieve this goal, Monaco commits today to reducing its net GHG emissions by 55% by 2030 compared to 1990." (Original: "Nos ambitions doivent être rehaussées. C’est pourquoi je vous annonce que la Principauté de Monaco soumettra d’ici à la fin de cette année une contribution déterminée au niveau national revue à la hausse, renouvelant l’engagement que j’ai pris d’une principauté neutre en carbone à l’horizon 2050. Afin de se donner les moyens d’atteindre cet objectif, Monaco s’engage aujourd’hui à réduire ses émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre de 55% d’ici à 2030 par rapport à 1990.") |
| South Korea SOUTH KOREA |  |
| Commitment Reference(s): | Statement of HE Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea, at the 2020 Climate Ambition Summit |
| Latest Commitment: | 12 December 2020 |
| Key Commitment Text: | "We will formulate our Low Emission Development Strategy for achieving a 2050 net-zero target within this year, and submit to UN our 2030 NDC newly converted into absolute terms. Furthermore, we will work towards presenting higher 2030 reductions target at an early date.” |
| Canada CANADA |  |
| Commitment Reference(s): | Statement of HE Justin Trudeau, Hon. Prime Minister of Canada at the 2020 Climate Ambition Summit Statement of HE Justin Trudeau, Hon. Prime Minister of Canada at the Presentation of Canada's "Clean Growth Through Net Zero" Program |
| Latest Commitment: | 12 December 2020 |
| Key Commitment Text: | “Last month, we introduced legislation that will ensure we hit our goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, and hold future governments accountable to reaching the same goal. And yesterday, we outlined our ambitious, new climate action plan, which will ensure we exceed our 2030 climate goals. We will raise our emission reduction ambitions. And in partnership with provinces and territories, we – as a country – will strive for the upper-end of a 32 to 40% below 2005 levels by 2030. We will raise Canada’s price on carbon pollution by 15 dollars per ton starting in 2023 and rising to 170 Canadian dollars per ton by 2030.” |
| India INDIA |  |
| Commitment Reference(s): | Statement by H.E. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India |
| Latest Commitment: | 12 December 2020 |
| Key Commitment Text: | "Today, as we are looking to set our sights even higher, we must also not lose sight of the past.We must not only revise our ambitions, but also review our achievements against targets already set. Only then can our voices be credible for future generations. Excellencies, I must humbly share with you, that India is not only on track to achieve its Paris Agreement targets, but to exceed them beyond expectations. We have reduced our emission intensity by 21% over 2005 levels. Our solar capacity has grown from 2.63 GigaWatts in 2014 to 36 GigaWatts in 2020. Our renewable energy capacity is the fourth largest in the world. It will reach 175 GigaWatts before 2022. And, we have an even more ambitious target now - 450 GigaWatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030." |
| China CHINA |  |
| Commitment Reference(s): | Statement by H.E. Xi Jinping, Hon. President of China, Climate Ambition Summit 2020 Statement by H.E. Xi Jinping, Hon. President of China, 75th Session, United Nations General Assembly |
| Latest Commitment: | 12 December 2020 |
| Key Commitment Text: | "I announced in September that China would scale up its nationally determined contributions and adopt more vigorous policies and measures. We aim to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. Today, I wish to announce some further commitments for 2030: China will lower its carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by over 65 percent from the 2005 level, increase the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 25 percent, increase the forest stock volume by 6 billion cubic meters from the 2005 level, and bring its total installed capacity of wind and solar power to over 1.2 billion kilowatts. China always honors its commitments.";"China will scale up its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions by adopting more vigorous policies and measures. We aim to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060." |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UNITED KINGDOM |  |
| Commitment Reference(s): | Statement by H.E. Boris Johnson, Hon. Prime Minister of UK |
| Latest Commitment: | 4 December 2020 |
| Key Commitment Text: | "The Prime Minister has announced a new ambitious target to reduce the UK’s emissions by at least 68% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels." |
| Japan JAPAN |  |
| Commitment Reference(s): | Statement by H.E. Yoshihide Suga, Hon. Prime Minister of Japan, National Diet |
| Latest Commitment: | 26 October 2020 |
| Key Commitment Text: | "Japan will pursue further efforts both in the medium-term and long-term, to reduce GHG emissions beyond this level." |
| Andorra ANDORRA |  |
| Commitment Reference: | NDC update |
| Latest Commitment: | 19 May 2020 |
| Key Commitment Text: | 2020 NDC update raises resilience ambition. |
| Moldova, Rep. of MOLDOVA |  |
| Commitment Reference: | NDC update |
| Latest Commitment: | 3 Mar 2020 |
| Key Commitment Text: | "Republic of Moldova intends to achieve more ambitious targets than in its NDC1. The country’s new economy-wide unconditional target is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent below its 1990 level in 2030, instead of 64-67 per cent as committed in NDC1." |
