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Al Gore auf der Klimakonferenz (COP15) in Kopenhagen — Al Gore at the Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen.

According to a new Nature study, 19 out of 34 developed countries failed to meet the climate targets they pledged in 2009. Seven countries were only able to achieve their targets by shifting emissions to other countries.

Many countries have failed to meet the climate targets promised at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (COP15 in 2009). This is the result of a new study published in Nature Climate Change. The authors analyzed the targets of 34 developed countries (Annex I countries):

Study: Many developed countries have not kept their Copenhagen pledges

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