Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the U.N.'s climate chief calls 'among the most important policy documents governments will produce this century.'

Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change.

The countries signed up to the Paris Agreement faced a Monday deadline to submit new national climate plans to the UN, setting out how they plan to cut emissions by 2035

As the deadline for submitting updated carbon reduction targets passed on Monday, the majority of nations – including major emitters such as China, India, and the EU – missed the cut-off point,

Several of the world's leading polluter nations, including India, have missed a United Nations (UN) deadline to set new climate goals. This comes amid growing concerns over global warming and after the election of US President Donald Trump.