institute for environment and development — which has been we have countries like new zealand, the marshall islandssed the deadline. however, it's important to put this in context. is more ambitious. and each of them sets a ten year emissions target. so the plans that are being submitted now are for emissions but equally, these plans are also supposed to be the most to meet the paris agreement. them off the hook there a little. so some might argue, surely that is realistic yeah, i think we've seen for some time that countries do tend to miss deadlines. the countries meet their deadlines. and in this particular instance, the un has have missed the deadline. plans by september. in belem in november. and in advance of that meeting, it's really important that countries have submitted their plans, and it gives a clear sense for those negotiators well, it's certainly not a positive signal. around 13% of global greenhouse gas emissions. honour its targets, then of course it sends a signal they're not doing it, then why should we?" weeks ago, speaking with the presidency and they are absolutely determined

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