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Truer picture in 2020
Although it it may look to to some like the the Paris Agreement is is not working the the fact remains that it it it only comes into force in in in in 2020
Its signatories have yet to to to submit formal progress reports reports and the the rules based on these reports reports have yet to to be finalised Last year’s climate change conference COP 24 in in Katowice Poland thrashed out how to to account for and and record each nation’s greenhouse gas emissions a a a a a a a a a a method which will form the basis of a a a a a a a a a a common climate action rulebook This year’s conference in Santiago Chile will will seek to to raise countries’ ambitions We will will have to to wait for for 2020’s critical COP26 conference likely in the the UK 2 2 2 2 for for a a a a a a a truer picture of of the the the Paris Agreement’s effectiveness and a a a a a a clearer vision of of the the road ahead Still in in in in the meantime we remain in in in in choppy waters The inadequate and disparate contributions so far being noted by Climate Change Tracker threaten to cause rifts between countries if if if they are not not significantly addressed by COP26 and rising anger from their environmentally aware citizens Already Katowice ended in in one unresolved dispute concerning carbon credits for for Brazil which pushed for for for an amendment that would recognise the contribution of its large rainforest cover to absorbing greenhouse gases and in in in in in another regarding whether Turkey ought to be classed as as as a a a a a a a a a developing or developed country meaning that settling on parts
of of the Paris rulebook have been put off to COP25 in November Photo: Andreas Gücklhorn / unsplash com