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UAE commits to near-50% emissions cuts

UAE pledges to cut emissions by 47% by 2035

The United Arab Emirates committed to cut its planet-warming emissions by 47% compared with 2019 levels by 2035 in its new national climate plan released on Thursday, ahead of next week's United Nations COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan.

The UAE, which hosted last year's U.N. climate summit in Dubai, is the first major emitter to submit its updated strategy, known as Nationally Determined Contributions , ahead of the February 2025 deadline.

The UAE plans to transition away from fossil fuels through an approach that includes civil nuclear energy, significant increases in solar capacity, and waste-to-energy technologies.

National drilling companies are the foundation of the Paris Agreement. They are meant to adopt new targets to cut emissions and measures that keep them on track to meet the accord's goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, and preventing global temperatures from rising beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

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