by Javed baloch source: News Agencies
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United Nations Climate Summit of 2023, or the 28th session of the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, was hosted by the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is one of the world's biggest producers of oil and gas.
The UAE has now become the first country in the world to submit its climate action plan for the next decade. The plan of action submitted to the UN sets emissions reduction targets for 2035.
This is the 3rd Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) submitted by the UAE. The plan states that the UAE will cut emissions by 47% between 2019 and 2035. Countries are required to submit their latest updated NDCs by February 2025.
By reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 47% by 2035, the UAE aims to reach net zero by 2050.
According to the NDC, the Gulf state will transition to solar and nuclear power for energy production, invest in modern technology in carbon sequestration and carbon dioxide removal measures, and increase efficiency and reduce pollution in oil and gas production.
Countries around the world are aiming to stay on target to limit the rise in global temperature to a 1.5°C increase relative to pre-industrial levels, as agreed in the Paris Agreement of 2015.
UAE oil and gas production is projected to rise by a third by 2035. However, emissions from exported oil and gas don't count toward the UAE’s total emissions as per UN carbon accounting rules.