Climate change policies: the challenge, reality and strategy; We don’t give a single

An introduction to reality. When talking about the Paris Climate Change Agreement and the success of the signatory Parties, it is forgotten that the only commitment accepted is the national emission reduction objective and, in addition, there is no external oversight of compliance with that objective or a sanction mechanism for non-compliance. Regarding a recent increase in climate ambitions, suffice it to say that, since the Paris summit until now, only one party to the agreement, the European Union (EU), has revised upwards its ambitions to reduce its emissions. These European targets for 2030 seem unattainable, especially considering that the EU has announced that until 2025 more gas and more coal will be used and consequently we will not reduce more_CO2 emissions.

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