8th National Communication, 2022 to developing countries, while both developed and developing countries collectively agreed to work to reduce the gap between existing emission reduction plans and what is required to reduce emissions, to ensure limiting the rise in global average temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Nations also called for the phasing down of unabated coal power and inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels and completed the Paris Agreement's rulebook relating to market mechanisms and non-market approached and the transparent reporting of climate actions and support provided or received, including for loss and damage. Malta, as part of the EU, is amongst the nations who have committed to a reduction target of 55% by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050, compared to 2010. Being the smallest emitter in the EU, and having the highest disproportionate costs burden to reduce emissions, Malta was assigned a national emission reduction target of -19% Malta ratified the UNFCCC in 1994 and the Kyoto Protocol in 2001. These ratifications were made on the basis of non-Annex I status. To this effect, Malta did not immediately take on any quantified emission limitation or reduction obligations under these international instruments; thus, it did not have a quantified target for the limitation or reduction of greenhouse gas emissions for the first Kyoto Protocol Commitment Period (CP1; 2008-2012).