China and India have missed a United Nations deadline to submit fresh plans for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions in time for the global body to include their pledges in a report for governments at this year’s global climate summit, officials said Saturday. The world’s two most populous countries are among dozens that failed to provide an update on their targets for curbing the release of planet-warming gases to the U.N. climate change agency by July 31. China is the country with the world’s highest emissions, while India is third. But she said it was “far from satisfactory” that only 58% had submitted their new targets in time. AdvertisementSaudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria and 82 other nations also failed to update their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) in time to include them in a report Espinosa’s office is preparing for the U.N. climate change conference in November.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 31, 2021 16:22 UTC