Greenhouse pledges way too low: UN
The informal note by the UN climate change secretariat dated June 6 estimates current pledges add up to a total emissions cut by the rich of between 16 and 24 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020.
Conservative estimates suggest rich countries must make a cut of 25-40 per cent to give the world a chance of avoiding a 2 degree temperature rise — seen as the trigger for climatic changes leading to widespread water shortages, displacement of people, ...
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