Brussels, 04/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - To date, national pledges made under the UN framework convention on climate change for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 are far from sufficient to keep to the target of a 2° Celsius maximum temperature rise, as set out in the Copenhagen Accord.
This is because both industrialised and emerging countries have simply confirmed the offers that they had put on the table in Copenhagen. If respected, the total result of all written commitments would...