Rich Countries Off Track, May Fall Short Of 2030 Climate Targets, Warns Report As Bonn Talks Begin
Rich Countries Off Track, May Fall Short Of 2030 Climate Targets, Warns Report As Bonn Talks Begin Reported By, Last Updated: June 10, 2026, 16:51
Rich Countries Off Track, May Fall Short Of 2030 Climate Targets, Warns Report As Bonn Talks Begin Reported By, Last Updated: June 10, 2026, 16:51 IST In contrast, BASIC countries, including India, showed stronger commitment, with India specifically meeting its 50% non-fossil installed capacity target ahead of schedule Rapid Read The UN Climate June meetings began on Monday at the World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB) in Bonn, Germany. Rich countries are not on track to meet their 2030 and 2035 climate commitments, warned a new report as international negotiators began discussions at the crucial mid-year UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany. The ten-day-long climate meeting, formally called the 64th Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB64) under the UNFCCC, is where the agenda takes shape for the UN Climate COP in November each year. Delegates from various countries will discuss a range of issues from mitigation to adaptation, finance to technology, to agree on draft decisions for adoption at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye in November. According to the study independently conducted by New Delhi-based Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), three major climate negotiating blocs – the Umbrella Group including Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK), the European Union (EU), and the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) including Switzerland and the Republic of Korea – are collectively projected to fall short of both their 2030 and 2035 climate targets.
These groups are projected to emit 9% more than their 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets, with this projected to increase to 19% in 2035 compared to their 2035 target levels. The findings come at a time when international climate cooperation is under pressure from geopolitical instability, with climate experts in the Global South urging that the next phase of climate diplomacy must focus on accountability – who is acting, and who is falling behind. “Ten years after Paris, the world cannot keep measuring climate leadership by announcements alone. South Asia and the wider Global South are showing that development and climate action can move together, but this requires fairness in how ambition is judged and support is delivered. Wealthy economies must move faster to meet their own targets and to keep enough carbon space for countries still addressing basic development needs," remarked Ravi S. Prasad, Distinguished Fellow, CEEW, and former Chief Climate Change Negotiator for India. According to the report, the EU would need to reduce emissions by 4.8% annually after 2022, nearly four times its earlier pace, while the United Kingdom would need to more than double its annual emissions reduction rate to 5.4% after 2022. The United States and Canada would need to increase their annual emissions reduction rates by 5% and 6%, respectively, after 2022. BASIC Group Showed Stronger Climate Action On the other hand, most of the countries in the BASIC group, including Brazil, South Africa, India and China, showed stronger alignment to their 2030 commitments, despite lower historical responsibility and greater developmental constraints, as per the report.
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