{"id":5874,"date":"2025-10-30T20:19:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powershiftafrica.org\/blogs\/leading-from-the-tail-major-countries-that-failed-to-submit-their-ndcs"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:14:33","slug":"leading-from-the-tail-major-countries-that-failed-to-submit-their-ndcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/blogs\/leading-from-the-tail-major-countries-that-failed-to-submit-their-ndcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading from the Tail: Major countries that failed to submit their NDCs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When the deadline for submitting Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) lapsed last month, more than 100 countries had yet to update their commitments. The UN had extended the deadline to September after 90 percent of the world’s nations failed to meet the initial target of February. Seven of these countries, and a regional bloc, are industrial powerhouses with carbon-intensive economies and significant diplomatic sway globally.\u202f So, where do they rank in the global emissions output? In this <\/em>list of shame<\/em><\/strong>, we will highlight the main drivers of their emissions, the composition of their electricity mix, and the last time they updated their NDCs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Argentina – $630 billion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its most recent NDC was in 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country is not considered a major emitter on a global scale<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fossil fuels account for 86 percent of Argentina\u2019s total electricity mix<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relies heavily on fossil fuels in its agricultural sector<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Livestock, particularly beef production, produces significant emissions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indonesia – $1.4 trillion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its last NDC was submitted in 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Asian country is considered a major emitter globally, at 7th<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indonesia relies heavily on coal for power generation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the world\u2019s top coal exporter, mostly to India and China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its capital, Jakarta, has one of the worst air quality records among cities in the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico – $1.85 trillion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its latest NDC was submitted in 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico is a major emitter of CO2, ranked 9th globally<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico is also the 11th largest oil producer in the world and the 3rd largest in North America<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Energy, agriculture and industry account for the bulk of its emissions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico relies heavily on fossil fuels to power the country<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Per capita emissions are, however, lower than the global average<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India \u2013 $3.9 trillion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its last NDC was in August 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country is the world\u2019s 3rd largest emitter after China and the United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rapid industrial expansion, sheer size and high population are the main drivers of its emissions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coal accounts for 78 percent<\/span><\/a> of India\u2019s electricity generation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia – $1.2 trillion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia last updated its NDC in 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country is the largest CO2 emitter in the Middle East and the 10th largest<\/span><\/a> in the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The kingdom is also the world\u2019s largest exporter of crude oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oil exports make up 40 percent of government revenue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are negligible non-carbon energy sources in the country<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey – $1.3 trillion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey\u2019s most recent NDC was submitted in 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country ranks as the 15th largest emitter of CO2 in the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turks generate 35 percent of their energy from coal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renewable energy accounts for 18 percent<\/span><\/a> of the country\u2019s total electricity mix<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial growth in recent years has been a major driver of emissions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Africa – $400 billion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Africa\u2019s last NDC was in 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the largest emitter in Africa and 13th globally, owing to its carbon-intensive economy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It accounts for 40 percent of Africa\u2019s emissions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coal is responsible for 90 percent of its electricity generation and 85 percent of its emissions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European Union (EU) – \u20ac17 trillion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Submitted its last NDC in 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bloc is the 4th largest emitter of CO2 in the world after China, US and India<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It accounts for nearly 16 percent of global emissions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consumption and production are the major drivers of emissions in the zone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022 alone, the EU emitted 4.8 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The region hopes to cut 55 percent of its emissions by 2030<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the deadline for submitting Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) lapsed last month, more than 100 countries had yet to update their commitments. The UN had extended the deadline to September after 90 percent of the world’s nations failed to meet the initial target of February. Seven of these countries, and a regional bloc, are industrial powerhouses with carbon-intensive economies and significant diplomatic sway globally. So, where do they rank in the global emissions output? In this list of shame , we will highlight the main drivers of their emissions, the composition of their electricity mix, and the last time they updated their NDCs.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":5875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[25],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-5874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","tag-energy-transition"],"acf":{"url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6675,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874\/revisions\/6675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5874"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powershiftafrica.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=5874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}