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“Pledges made by countries ahead of the Paris UN Conference in December are not sufficient to limit global warming to 2C, according to analysis published today (19 August) by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change.

“The US is expected to offeremissions cutsof 26 to 28% by 2025, theEU has agreed to cut its emissions by 40% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, whileChina has promised its emissions will peak by 2030.

“However the analysis concludes that the intended national determined contributions (INDCs) that have been submitted by 46 countries would lead to annual global emissions in 2030 of 56.9 to 59.1bn tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.

“At most this is 12bn tonnes more than the level UNEP says would give the planet a 50-66% chance of limiting global warming to less than 2C.”

Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.edie.net

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