Iraq presents its updated climate contribution plan
Iraq presented its updated Nationally Determined Contribution on October 7, setting greenhouse-gas reduction targets for 2030 and 2035.
Event / data period: 2026-10-07
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Iraq's government launched its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) on October 7 in coordination with the Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Development Programme. A UN statement published on October 9 said the document links climate action with economic diversification, energy and water security, resilience and sustainable development.
Iraq had submitted the NDC to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in November 2025. The document sets unconditional emissions-reduction targets of up to 3% below business-as-usual by 2030 and up to 5% by 2035. It adds a conditional reduction of up to 17% by 2035, dependent on international climate finance, technology transfer and capacity-building support, for a potential total reduction of up to 22%.
Data
NDC emissions-reduction targets
Targets in Iraq's updated NDC; these are not achieved reductions.
- Unconditional reduction by 2030, up to
- ≤3 percent
- 2030 · Target
- Unconditional reduction by 2035, up to
- ≤5 percent
- 2035 · Target
- Additional conditional reduction by 2035, up to
- ≤17 percent
- 2035 · Target
- Potential total reduction by 2035, up to
- ≤22 percent
- 2035 · Target
Methodology
Upper-bound targets stated against the NDC's business-as-usual reference scenario. Conditional figures depend on international finance, technology and capacity support.
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Subjects and places
Subject proposals
- Energy and resourceSuggested
- Preserved editorial category/topic; broad candidate onlyiraq.un.org ↗unfccc.int ↗
- Climate changeSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: greenhouse-gas, Nationally Determined Contributioniraq.un.org ↗unfccc.int ↗
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- Iraq · Place role: Coverage · Place type: Country or area · Location precision: RegionalEvidence
- Explicit preserved editorial country/region; no city or national centroid inferrediraq.un.org ↗unfccc.int ↗