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NDC Quantification
Pledges to pathways
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NDC Quantification
Pledges to pathways
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NDC Quantification
Lao People's Democratic Republic has pledged net zero emissions by 2050.
Pledges to pathways
NDC Quantification
Lao People's Democratic Republic has pledged net zero emissions by 2050.
Data release 21 October 2026, reflecting the latest submissions
2030 target
42Mt CO₂-eq
From the NDC submitted in May 2021GWP unclear, incl. LULUCF
2050 target
20Mt CO₂-eq
From the NDC submitted in May 2021GWP unclear, incl. LULUCF
These figures use each pledge’s own scope. The chart below measures every pledge the same way, so its numbers can differ.
Pledges to pathways
Every target Lao People's Democratic Republic has communicated, turned into an emissions pathway and set against its observed emissions.
Total greenhouse-gas emissions excl. LULUCF for Lao People's Democratic Republic, AR6 GWP-100. Shaded bands show the range of published interpretations of each pledge.
Notes: Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Data as of the 21 October 2026 data release
Indicators
Observed values up to 2024. Later years follow the quantified pledge pathway.
2019
36
Mt CO₂-eq
2024
44
Mt CO₂-eq
+22% vs 2019
2030 · projected
42
Mt CO₂-eq
+15% vs 2019
2035 · projected
32
Mt CO₂-eq
−13% vs 2019
2050 · projected
−6
kt CO₂-eq
−100% vs 2019
Scope & conditionality
Coverage and conditionality are derived from our structured assessment of each submission. Each target is shown as submitted, in its own scope. The chart above measures every pledge the same way (AR6, excl. LULUCF), so its numbers can differ.
Unconditionally: A 60.0% reduction of emissions compared to business-as-usual emissions.
Unconditional
42 Mt CO₂-eq
From the NDC submitted in May 2021
Unconditionally: A custom target, approximated as: An absolute target of 20.0 Mt CO2-e/yr. Conditionally: Net zero emissions.
Unconditional
20 Mt CO₂-eq
With support
0 Mt CO₂-eq
From the NDC submitted in May 2021
“Economy-wide”: the target covers all major sectors. “incl. LULUCF”: includes land use, land-use change and forestry. “GWP unclear”: the submission does not say which global warming potentials it uses.
Submission history
We have quantified every NDC and long-term strategy Lao People's Democratic Republic has submitted since 2015, including the pledges it has since superseded, so the evolution of ambition reads oldest to newest.
NDCs and INDCs
INDC · Oct 2015
NDC · Sep 2016
NDC · May 2021
Active
20302050
Unconditionally: A 60.0% reduction of emissions compared to business-as-usual emissions. Unconditionally: A custom target, approximated as: An absolute target of 20.0 Mt CO2-e/yr. Conditionally: Net zero emissions.
We publish our quantification of each new submission within days of it reaching the UNFCCC registry.
Using the data
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