Only 10 of 195 Countries Meet UN Deadline to Submit Emissions-Reduction Plans

Very few signatories to the Paris Agreement on climate change published their plans by Feb. 10. The United States complied before Trump took office.

Buildings shrouded in fog and air pollution in Huai’an, in China's eastern Jiangsu Province, on Dec. 28, 2023. STR/AFP via Getty Images

A Feb. 10 deadline for the 195 signatories of the Paris Agreement climate treaty to publish and submit their emissions-reduction plans to the United Nations has come and gone with just 10 nations complying.

The reason that so many countries have not published their reports on time remains unclear.