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Having plans and actually implementing them are two separate things, but, in Warmist World, action is not necessary. All you really need to do is virtue signal

Only 16 countries have emissions reduction targets matching their promises to avoid catastrophic climate change

Just 16 countries have set clear goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions that will allow them to match their ambitious pledges to tackle climate change.

In a new report, climate experts have warned of discrepancies between big promises made on the global stage and domestic targets backed up by law.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a warning earlier this month of catastrophic outcomes without drastic emissions cuts over the next decade.

In light of this, and with an upcoming major UN summit to discuss the world’s approach to global warming, the authors of the report say nations need to set clear plans about how they are going to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

“We have 12 years to get our act together, and in order to do that you really need to know what you are going to be doing in the next six months, in the next two years, in the next 12 years,” explained Dr Michal Nachmany from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

“So you need to set really clear targets in order to know you are on track to meeting those goals.”

I have a clear target: keep doing what I’m doing. Warmists like Dr. Nachmany should have their own, which should involved giving up their own use of fossil fuels and making their own lives carbon neutral, rather than forcing their un-science beliefs on everyone else

In total, 157 countries have made international commitments to slash their emissions under the Paris climate agreement – known as nationally determined contributions, or NDCs.

However, to be worth anything these promises must be translated into domestic commitments and policies on renewable energy, green transport and sustainable agriculture to lay out a realistic pathway.

The analysis by Dr Nachmany and Emily Mangan from the World Resources Institute found that nations have been slow to mirror their NDCs in national policies.

So far only 58 countries (from 157) have backed up those commitments with economy wide targets for emissions reductions, and just 16 of those are as ambitious as the ones they promise in their NDCs.

That “historic” Paris Climate Agreement was, for all purposes, voluntary, because so many leaders didn’t want something that they’d have to take back to their legislative branches for approval. And the moment it was passed the hardcore Cult of Climastrology members were already saying it wasn’t enough. It really was simply about claiming they are Doing Something while not really doing something, especially when the citizens will protest when they realize that the results of any policies will make their lives worse, at least in 1st World nations and ones like India and China. The others are just pissed off that the sweet, sweet climate cash isn’t flowing in so they can build more airports and stuff.