United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s Nationally Determined Contribution.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s Nationally Determined Contribution (2022) presents the the UK commitment to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions. In summary, these updates include: 1) Clarifying how the UK’s target - which remains a commitment to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by at least 68% by 2030 on 1990 levels - aligns with the Paris Agreement temperature goal; 2) Explaining more fully how the UK will deliver its NDC by 2030, taking account of policies and plans announced since the NDC was first submitted in December 2020; 3) Updating on the progress made in expanding the territorial scope of the NDC to include the UK’s Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories; and 4) Improving other detailed aspects of the ICTU, for example information on the UK’s approach to levelling up, gender, green skills, public engagement, Just Transition and how the UK is supporting other countries with delivery of their NDCs.
In the UK's NDC sectors covered are: energy (including transport); Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU); Agriculture; Land-use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF); and Waste. Moreover it covers all gases and includes all LULUCF pools (above ground biomass, below ground biomass, litter, deadwood soil organic carbon and stocks of harvested wood products). Among the initiatives UK has committed to sustain clean energy, to phase out unabated coal power, ending support to fossil fuel project overseas, support farmers to take up low carbon practices and technologies, simultaneously helping to improve business productivity and profitability gains, establish a Nature climate Fund, support for farmers and landowners to create woodland and restore peatlands, explore of setting a long-term tree planting target. The UK’s Adaptation Communication contains more details on the UK’s adaptation plans.
The UK is dedicated to promoting equality and inclusion, including women’s empowerment, gender equality and the implementation of the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan. The UK will also continue to ensure that young people are engaged in both the design and implementation of climate-related policies where relevant. Moreover, the UK recognises the importance of supporting developing country parties in implementing the Paris Agreement.
Beyond the communication of an NDC, the UK continues to make progress on priority policy areas that are crucial to the UK’s overall approach to climate action, these include: Food security and policy; Ocean and marine environment; Terrestrial biodiversity; Education and skills; Sustainable lifestyles and sustainable patterns of consumption and production; Health and air pollution