Who will be the judge of countries' climate plans?

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PARIS: Countries have until the end of next year to ensure their climate commitments meet the Paris agreement\u0027s cap on global warming. But who will check that their promises really do stack up? The question is so sensitive that, for now, the answer is: the countries themselves. While nations have

PARIS: Countries have until the end of next year to ensure their climate commitments meet the Paris agreement's cap on global warming. But who will check that their promises really do stack up?While nations have agreed to a global target aimed at avoiding the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, fossil fuel and other greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise when they should be falling.

A separate annual analysis by the UN Environment Programme , which looks at the gap between climate commitments and actual reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, drills down into slightly more detail. But going further would be"so political, I don't see it happening in a UN context to be quite honest", she told AFP."We heard very clearly in Glasgow, countries like the USA say that they - and they alone - will determine what is a 1.5 degrees Celsius pathway for their country," said Bill Hare, of the research group Climate Analytics.

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