IEA confirms criticism: COP pledges hard • Table.Briefings

Windräder — According to the IEA, the COP28 climate action initiatives to date, such as tripling renewables by 2030, contribute not enough toward achieving climate goals.

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), previous voluntary COP28 initiatives have not contributed enough to reducing emissions. The gap to the 1.5-degree target remains considerable.

The COP28 pledges made so far to triple renewables, double energy efficiency and reduce methane emissions are not reducing emissions fast enough. According to an IEA analysis, fully meeting the COP pledges would only close the emissions gap to the 1.5-degree pathway by just over 30 percent by 2030. The IEA analysis confirms a report by the Climate Action Tracker, which came to similar conclusions.

IEA confirms criticism: COP pledges hardly reduce emissions

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