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Contents
HIGH-LEVEL POLICY COMMISSION ON GETTING ASIA TO NET ZERO 6
FOREWORD 7
ACRONYMS 10
KEY FINDINGS 11
THE CASE FOR GREATER CLIMATE ACTION FROM ASIA 13
BENCHMARKING ASIA'S CLIMATE ACTION 17
NET ZERO 18
NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGETS 20
ENERGY TRANSITION 25
CLEAN ENERGY 26
FOSSIL FUELS 29
CLIMATE JUSTICE 31
ADAPTATION 31
FINANCE 34
THE ROAD AHEAD: ACCELERATING ASIA'S CLIMATE ACTION 34
APPENDICES AND METHODOLOGY 35
APPENDIX I. KEY CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TARGETS BY SUBREGION 35
APPENDIX II. DATA SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY 45
FIGURE 1. ASIAN COUNTRIES IN THE TOP 20 CONTRIBUTORS TO ANNUAL GLOBAL GHG EMISSIONS (MTCO₂E) 13
FIGURE 2. GDP IMPACT (% DIFFERENCE FROM BASELINE) OF NET ZERO PATHWAYS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC 15
FIGURE 3. KEY ELEMENTS OF THE ACCELERATION AGENDA 17
FIGURE 4. STATUS OF NET ZERO TARGETS IN ASIA 18
FIGURE 5. NET ZERO TARGETS ALIGNED WITH ACCELERATION AGENDA 19
FIGURE 6. COVERAGE OF ASIA'S NET ZERO EMISSIONS TARGETS 20
FIGURE 7. STATUS OF NDC ENHANCEMENTS IN ASIA 21
FIGURE 8. NDC ALIGNMENT WITH ACCELERATION AGENDA FOR KEY ASIAN EMITTERS 22
FIGURE 9. STATUS OF NDC ENHANCEMENTS FOR KEY ASIAN EMITTERS 23
FIGURE 10. STATUS OF CLEAN ENERGY TARGETS IN ASIA 25
FIGURE 11. ECONOMIES IN ASIA WITH NET ZERO ELECTRICITY GENERATION TARGETS 26
FIGURE 12. STATUS OF COAL PHASEOUT COMMITMENTS IN ASIA 27
FIGURE 13. ASIAN SIGNATORIES TO THE GLOBAL COAL TO CLEAN POWER TRANSITION STATEMENT 28
FIGURE 14. ASIAN ENDORSERS OF KEY INITIATIVES ON FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION PHASEOUT 29
FIGURE 15. SHARE OF FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES IN 2021, ASIA VS. REST OF WORLD 30
FIGURE 16. CLIMATE JUSTICE COMPONENTS OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ACCELERATION AGENDA 31
FIGURE 17. STATUS OF NATIONAL ADAPTATION PLANS IN ASIA 32
FIGURE 18. GREEN CLIMATE FUND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES 33
FIGURE 19. EAST ASIA 35
FIGURE 20. SOUTH ASIA 36
FIGURE 21. SOUTHEAST ASIA 38
FIGURE 22. WEST ASIA 40
FIGURE 23. CENTRAL ASIA 42
FIGURE 24. OCEANIA 43