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This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the plastics sector’s climate impact, mapping emissions across the value chain. It proposes the decarbonisation of the sector through sequencing a set of mitigation strategies and assesses regional production and trade differences between four major players – China, the EU, Saudi Arabia and the United States – as well as the alignment of their policies with these strategies.

This is the 2025 edition of the UNEP Emissions Gap Report, which tracks progress in limiting global warming well below 2°C and pursuing 1.5°C in line with the Paris Agreement.