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Date Published: November 2025

Reliance on Land in NDCs: 2025 Land Gap Report

At the UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, experts discussed how current financial, legal, and policy frameworks constrain realistic climate planning. The 2025 Land Gap Report - to which Climate Resource was a proud contributor - warns that many countries’ climate plans rely excessively on land-based carbon removal, creating targets that are unrealistic and potentially harmful to people and ecosystems. It highlights the growing gap between climate ambitions and the finite capacity of available land.