China pledge and Biden win could move climate goals into view, scientists say

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LONDON: A potential change in US leadership, combined with China's ambitious new emissions-cutting plan and a European 'green recovery', could get ...

and a European"green recovery", could get the world two-thirds of the way to meeting its climate goals if pledges are met, scientists said on Wednesday .

The three carbon-cutting targets, combined with pledges by smaller nations, would take the world 63 per cent of the way towards the emissions reductions needed to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, said Niklas Hohne of Germany's NewClimate Institute. Keeping planetary heating below that level could help avoid some of the worst predicted impacts of climate change, from wilder weather and sea level rise to growing migration and shortages of food and water, scientists say.

Much of China's stimulus was an unclear mix of green and"red" measures that could undermine climate action, it said, while India's policies were mostly neutral or potentially damaging – such as a plan to open 40 new coal mines.The United States had the largest share of clear support for fossil fuels, the analysis showed.

Problematic stimulus measures range from no-strings-attached bailouts for dirty energy firms and weaker fuel-efficiency standards to cancelled renewable energy auctions, Climate Action Tracker researchers said.

 

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