MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Submission by the Commission of the nationally determined contribution – E-000643/2025

Question for written answer  E-000643/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
César Luena (S&D)

According to the UN’s 2024 Emissions Gap Report[1], most countries are still far from meeting the targets set out in the Paris Agreement, which means that the 2035 climate commitments need to take a ‘quantum leap in ambition’ to give the world any chance of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C.

Despite the dire situation, only 10 of the 195 countries that are part of the Paris Agreement have met the UN’s 10 February deadline to submit their 2035 climate commitments.

In view of the above:

• 1.Why has the Commission not met its obligation to submit the EU’s new nationally determined contribution?
• 2.When will it do so?
• 3.Given that the first global stocktake presented at COP28 urges the Parties to ensure that their new nationally determined contributions go further than their previous ones and establish emission reduction commitments for 2035 that are as ambitious as possible, how will the Commission reflect this commitment in EU legislation?

Submitted: 12.2.2025

• [1] UNEP, 15th edition of its annual emissions gap report