The Asia-Pacific region has witnessed a dramatic shift in its commitment to addressing climate change. In 2015, less than 1% of the region's population resided in countries with ambitious long-term climate goals. However, by 2024, this number increased to a remarkable 93%, highlighting a substantial increase in climate ambition.
Despite this progress, the transport sector in Asia-Pacific still lags in terms of long-term climate mitigation efforts. Currently, only 10% of the region's population lives in countries with explicit greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the transport sector outlined in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). However, there is a silver lining: at least 76% of the population resides in countries with indirect transport-related targets with various intensities within their NDCs.
Asian countries with net zero targets, share in population
Source: ATO Visualization
Find out more about the associated report here:
Transport Decarbonisation in Asia: A Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty? A Primer for COP-29
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