The report examined each of the 184 voluntary pledges under the Paris climate pact
Nearly three-quarters of the climate pledges from 184 countries under the 2015 Paris climate pact are insufficient to adequately lower Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions and cap global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius, researchers iterated on Tuesday.
India, China and the US are among the 136 countries (74 per cent) whose pledges to curb their emissions growth are insufficient to stop global warming from accelerating over the next decade, a five-member panel said in a report titled “The truth behind the climate pledges”.
The report that examined each of the 184 voluntary pledges under the Paris climate pact found that with few exceptions, the pledges of rich, middle-income and poor nations are inadequate to combat climate change.
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