Press Release - Greenpeace report finds G20 failing to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap in 2035 NDCs
Greenpeace International
17 Nov 2025 

Belém, Brazil – Ten years after the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace International has launched a new report at COP30, revealing the insufficient climate ambition in the 2035 NDCs of the G20 countries. 

The report, 2035 Climate Ambition Gap, was released at the UN climate change conference in Belém as part of Greenpeace’s call for governments to agree on a Global Response Plan to ensure the 1.5°C limit remains in reach.

Tracy Carty, Climate Politics Expert, Greenpeace International said: “When the G20 countries – responsible for 80% of global emissions – deliver collective ambition that falls dangerously short, the world has a problem. With 85% of the global economy behind them, the G20’s decisions shape trade, investment and technology worldwide. Their choices will make or break the 1.5°C goal, but their plans amount to just a 23-29% cut in emissions towards the 60% reduction globally that is needed.”

“Given their historic responsibility for emissions and greater capacity to act, developed G20 countries should be out front, cutting emissions far in excess of the 60% global average needed. But taken together, G20 developed country NDCs amount to only a 51% – 57% cut from 2019 levels – a striking failure to lead from those expected to drive global ambition.”
Press Release - Greenpeace report finds G20 failing to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap in 2035 NDCs Greenpeace International 17 Nov 2025 Belém, Brazil – Ten years after the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace International has launched a new report at COP30, revealing the insufficient climate ambition in the 2035 NDCs of the G20 countries. The report, 2035 Climate Ambition Gap, was released at the UN climate change conference in Belém as part of Greenpeace’s call for governments to agree on a Global Response Plan to ensure the 1.5°C limit remains in reach. Tracy Carty, Climate Politics Expert, Greenpeace International said: “When the G20 countries – responsible for 80% of global emissions – deliver collective ambition that falls dangerously short, the world has a problem. With 85% of the global economy behind them, the G20’s decisions shape trade, investment and technology worldwide. Their choices will make or break the 1.5°C goal, but their plans amount to just a 23-29% cut in emissions towards the 60% reduction globally that is needed.” “Given their historic responsibility for emissions and greater capacity to act, developed G20 countries should be out front, cutting emissions far in excess of the 60% global average needed. But taken together, G20 developed country NDCs amount to only a 51% – 57% cut from 2019 levels – a striking failure to lead from those expected to drive global ambition.”
Eiffel Tower Activity at COP30
In the 10th anniversary year of the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace constructed an Eiffel Tower replica made up of cardboard boxes with the sign ‘Fragile. Handle With Care’ to symbolise how the 1.5°C limit agreed in Paris is under threat.
Eiffel Tower Activity at COP30 In the 10th anniversary year of the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace constructed an Eiffel Tower replica made up of cardboard boxes with the sign ‘Fragile. Handle With Care’ to symbolise how the 1.5°C limit agreed in Paris is under threat.
Eiffel Tower Activity at COP30
In the 10th anniversary year of the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace constructed an Eiffel Tower replica made up of cardboard boxes with the sign ‘Fragile. Handle With Care’ to symbolise how the 1.5°C limit agreed in Paris is under threat.
Eiffel Tower Activity at COP30 In the 10th anniversary year of the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace constructed an Eiffel Tower replica made up of cardboard boxes with the sign ‘Fragile. Handle With Care’ to symbolise how the 1.5°C limit agreed in Paris is under threat.
Eiffel Tower Activity at COP30
In the 10th anniversary year of the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace constructed an Eiffel Tower replica made up of cardboard boxes with the sign ‘Fragile. Handle With Care’ to symbolise how the 1.5°C limit agreed in Paris is under threat.
Eiffel Tower Activity at COP30 In the 10th anniversary year of the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace constructed an Eiffel Tower replica made up of cardboard boxes with the sign ‘Fragile. Handle With Care’ to symbolise how the 1.5°C limit agreed in Paris is under threat.
Eiffel Tower Activity at COP30
In the 10th anniversary year of the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace constructed an Eiffel Tower replica made up of cardboard boxes with the sign ‘Fragile. Handle With Care’ to symbolise how the 1.5°C limit agreed in Paris is under threat.
Eiffel Tower Activity at COP30 In the 10th anniversary year of the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace constructed an Eiffel Tower replica made up of cardboard boxes with the sign ‘Fragile. Handle With Care’ to symbolise how the 1.5°C limit agreed in Paris is under threat.
A Greenpeace Spain activist walked a 30-metre-high tightrope in central Madrid to mark the opening of #COP30 in Belém. The action warns that the planet is “on a tightrope” and urges governments to end fossil fuels, stop deforestation and deliver climate justice.
A Greenpeace Spain activist walked a 30-metre-high tightrope in central Madrid to mark the opening of #COP30 in Belém. The action warns that the planet is “on a tightrope” and urges governments to end fossil fuels, stop deforestation and deliver climate justice.
Euronews article - Fossil fuel projects face stricter scrutiny after Europe’s top human rights court ruling

Norway must complete environment assessments before future drilling projects, court rules

Copyright Jan-Rune Smenes Reite/Pexels
By Craig Saueurs

Published on 30/10/2025 - 8:03 GMT+1

The case worked its way through European legal systems for nearly a decade before the ruling.
The European Court of Human Rights has just set a new precedent for climate accountability in a landmark ruling.

In Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway, two NGOs, Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth, along with six activists, argued that Norway’s decision to grant licences for oil exploration in the Barents Sea violated their human rights by failing to assess the climate impact of fossil fuel extraction.
Euronews article - Fossil fuel projects face stricter scrutiny after Europe’s top human rights court ruling Norway must complete environment assessments before future drilling projects, court rules Copyright Jan-Rune Smenes Reite/Pexels By Craig Saueurs Published on 30/10/2025 - 8:03 GMT+1 The case worked its way through European legal systems for nearly a decade before the ruling. The European Court of Human Rights has just set a new precedent for climate accountability in a landmark ruling. In Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway, two NGOs, Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth, along with six activists, argued that Norway’s decision to grant licences for oil exploration in the Barents Sea violated their human rights by failing to assess the climate impact of fossil fuel extraction.
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CBC article - ‘Alternative Nobel’ goes to activists who made climate change a matter of international law
Pacific Islanders behind landmark ICJ advisory opinion win Right Livelihood Award

Sheena Goodyear · CBC Radio · Posted: Oct 08, 2025 6:18 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 9
A man with a beard and curly brown hair looks up and off to one side.
Vishal Prasad is the director of the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

LISTEN | Full interview with climate activist Vishal Prasad:
‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ goes to activists who made climate change action a matter of international law

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So in 2019, Prasad joined a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu who were planning to take the fight against climate change to the United Nations’ highest court.

In July, the International Court of Justice delivered a landmark advisory opinion that access to a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment'” is a human right, and countries who fail to take measures to protect people from climate change could be in violation of international law. 

Now, the group that helped make that happen — Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) — has been honoured with a Right Livelihood Award for their successful campaign.
CBC article - ‘Alternative Nobel’ goes to activists who made climate change a matter of international law Pacific Islanders behind landmark ICJ advisory opinion win Right Livelihood Award Sheena Goodyear · CBC Radio · Posted: Oct 08, 2025 6:18 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 9 A man with a beard and curly brown hair looks up and off to one side. Vishal Prasad is the director of the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) LISTEN | Full interview with climate activist Vishal Prasad: ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ goes to activists who made climate change action a matter of international law (...) So in 2019, Prasad joined a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu who were planning to take the fight against climate change to the United Nations’ highest court. In July, the International Court of Justice delivered a landmark advisory opinion that access to a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment'” is a human right, and countries who fail to take measures to protect people from climate change could be in violation of international law. Now, the group that helped make that happen — Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) — has been honoured with a Right Livelihood Award for their successful campaign.