{ "name": "AI Policy Radar: pledge and law", "publisher": "Green Diplomat", "description": "For each country with an entry: the latest NDC on the UNFCCC registry with its headline target quoted word for word, and where the 2035 target and the net-zero target are anchored in law, each citing the provision and dated. Only UNFCCC documents and primary law are cited. The classification records what is published; it does not rate ambition.", "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/#pledges", "definitions": "https://greendiplomat.com/about/standards/#pledge-and-law", "licence": "CC BY 4.0", "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "citation": "Green Diplomat (2026). AI Policy Radar: pledge and law. https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/#pledges (accessed 24 October 2026).", "generated": "2026-10-24T00:23:26+00:00", "count": 3, "fields": { "iso3": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the country.", "country": "Name of the country.", "ndc_label": "The country’s latest nationally determined contribution, as titled on the UNFCCC NDC registry.", "ndc_date": "Submission date on the UNFCCC NDC registry (YYYY-MM-DD).", "ndc_url": "Address of the NDC document on unfccc.int.", "ndc_target_quote": "The headline target, quoted word for word from the NDC (up to 300 characters).", "ndc_page": "PDF page of the quote, as a PDF viewer counts it.", "t2035_anchor": "Where the NDC’s 2035 target is anchored: In statute · Set under a statutory process · Policy only · Not yet communicated · Not yet assessed (definitions on Standards).", "t2035_section": "The provision cited for the 2035 target.", "t2035_source_url": "Address of the official text of that provision (or, when not yet assessed, of the document the note refers to).", "t2035_set_url": "For “Set under a statutory process”: the document showing that the target was set under the law cited.", "t2035_note": "A short note of fact, stated in the documents cited.", "nz_year": "Year of the country’s net-zero or carbon-neutrality target.", "nz_anchor": "Where the net-zero target is anchored (same categories).", "nz_section": "The provision that sets the net-zero target.", "nz_section_url": "Address of the official text of that provision.", "nz_record": "record_id of the Radar record of the law that sets the net-zero target, if the Radar tracks it.", "anchor_records": "record_ids of the Radar records that give the commitment force. In CSV files they are separated by semicolons.", "groups": "Negotiating groups, as named on the UNFCCC Party groupings page.", "ledger_verified": "Date the entry was last checked against every document it cites.", "net_zero_sentence": "The generated sentence shown under “Law”, scoped to the laws the Radar tracks.", "url": "Address of the country’s page on this site." }, "countries": [ { "iso3": "CAN", "country": "Canada", "ndc_label": "2035 NDC", "ndc_date": "2025-02-12", "ndc_url": "https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/2025-02/Canada%27s%202035%20Nationally%20Determined%20Contribution_ENc.pdf", "ndc_target_quote": "Canada’s 2035 NDC is to reduce emissions by 45-50% below 2005 levels by 2035, building on the 2030 target of 40-45% below 2005 levels.", "ndc_page": "1", "t2035_anchor": "Set under a statutory process", "t2035_section": "section 7(1) and 7(4)(a)", "t2035_source_url": "https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-19.3/page-1.html#s-7", "t2035_set_url": "https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/2025-02/Canada%27s%202035%20Nationally%20Determined%20Contribution_ENc.pdf", "t2035_note": "Section 7(4)(a) required the Minister to set the 2035 target no later than 1 December 2024. The NDC states that it was developed pursuant to the Act (PDF page 15). The 45–50% figure is not written in the Act.", "nz_year": "2050", "nz_anchor": "In statute", "nz_section": "section 6", "nz_section_url": "https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-19.3/page-1.html#s-6", "nz_record": "ca-net-zero-act", "anchor_records": [ "ca-net-zero-act", "ca-obps" ], "groups": [ "Umbrella Group" ], "ledger_verified": "2026-10-12", "net_zero_sentence": "The 2050 net-zero target is set in section 6 of the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which the Radar tracks (in force).", "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/country/canada/#pledge-and-law" }, { "iso3": "KOR", "country": "Republic of Korea", "ndc_label": "2035 NDC", "ndc_date": "2025-12-26", "ndc_url": "https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/2025-12/The%20Republic%20of%20Koreas%202035%20NDC.pdf", "ndc_target_quote": "the Republic of Korea’s 2035 NDC sets a target at 53 to 61% reduction in net GHG emissions by 2035 compared to the 2018 level", "ndc_page": "2", "t2035_anchor": "In statute", "t2035_section": "Article 8(4), as amended by Act No. 21893", "t2035_source_url": "https://www.law.go.kr/LSW//lsSideInfoP.do?lsNm=%EA%B8%B0%ED%9B%84%EC%9C%84%EA%B8%B0+%EB%8C%80%EC%9D%91%EC%9D%84+%EC%9C%84%ED%95%9C+%ED%83%84%EC%86%8C%EC%A4%91%EB%A6%BD%E3%86%8D%EB%85%B9%EC%83%89%EC%84%B1%EC%9E%A5+%EA%B8%B0%EB%B3%B8%EB%B2%95&ancYd=20260908&chrClsCd=010202&urlMode=lsRvsDocInfoR&ancNo=21893", "t2035_set_url": "", "t2035_note": "Act No. 21893, promulgated on 8 September 2026, sets the lower and upper bounds of the 2035 target at 53 and 61 per cent, measured against 2018 net emissions. The amending Act enters into force on 9 March 2027, six months after promulgation.", "nz_year": "2050", "nz_anchor": "In statute", "nz_section": "Article 7(1)", "nz_section_url": "https://www.law.go.kr/%EB%B2%95%EB%A0%B9/%EA%B8%B0%ED%9B%84%EC%9C%84%EA%B8%B0%EB%8C%80%EC%9D%91%EC%9D%84%EC%9C%84%ED%95%9C%ED%83%84%EC%86%8C%EC%A4%91%EB%A6%BD%C2%B7%EB%85%B9%EC%83%89%EC%84%B1%EC%9E%A5%EA%B8%B0%EB%B3%B8%EB%B2%95/%EC%A0%9C7%EC%A1%B0", "nz_record": "kr-carbon-neutrality-act", "anchor_records": [ "kr-carbon-neutrality-act", "kr-ets" ], "groups": [ "Environmental Integrity Group" ], "ledger_verified": "2026-10-12", "net_zero_sentence": "The 2050 net-zero target is set in Article 7(1) of the Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth for Coping with Climate Crisis, which the Radar tracks (in force).", "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/country/republic-of-korea/#pledge-and-law" }, { "iso3": "GBR", "country": "United Kingdom", "ndc_label": "2035 NDC", "ndc_date": "2025-01-30", "ndc_url": "https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/2025-01/UK%27s%202035%20NDC%20ICTU.pdf", "ndc_target_quote": "to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by at least 81% by 2035, compared to 1990 levels (excluding international aviation and shipping emissions)", "ndc_page": "6", "t2035_anchor": "Not yet assessed", "t2035_section": "", "t2035_source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/750/made", "t2035_set_url": "", "t2035_note": "The carbon budget for the 2033–2037 period, which includes 2035, is set at 965,000,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by the Carbon Budget Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/750), article 2.", "nz_year": "2050", "nz_anchor": "In statute", "nz_section": "section 1(1)", "nz_section_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/section/1", "nz_record": "uk-climate-change-act", "anchor_records": [ "uk-climate-change-act", "uk-ets" ], "groups": [ "Umbrella Group" ], "ledger_verified": "2026-10-12", "net_zero_sentence": "The 2050 net-zero target is set in section 1(1) of the Climate Change Act 2008, which the Radar tracks (in force).", "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/country/united-kingdom/#pledge-and-law" } ] }