Rollback of climate policies

Last summer, the International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled that countries must protect the climate to guarantee their citizens a clean, healthy, and sustainable living environment. If they fail to do so by failing to address greenhouse gas emissions, they may be committing an unlawful act under international law. Nevertheless, this month’s Climate Action Tracker reports on negative developments in both the EU and US. The EU Environment Council of 18 September has failed to adopt a 2035 target and instead, it has published a non-binding statement of intent for an indicative target range of 66.25%-72.5% emissions reduction. And the Climate Action Tracker has reviewed US climate action under the Trump Administration, and has downgraded the country’s rating from ’insufficient’ to ‘critically insufficient’, “… in the most significant rollback of policies the project has ever analysed”.

Source: Favas.net & Climate Action Tracker
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