Carbon Emissions

(asked on 20th July 2022) - View Source

Question

To ask the President of COP26, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of global (a) GDP and (b) emissions generated by countries that have net zero commitments.


Answered by
Alok Sharma Portrait
Alok Sharma
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 20th July 2022

When the UK took on the role of organising COP26 less than 30% of the global economy was covered by Net Zero targets.

As a result of the work the UK did with partners, by the time we got to COP26 over 90% of the world's economy was covered by Net Zero targets.

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