Ambitious climate goals, weak foundations

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  • Most ASEAN and Pacific SIDS have submitted national plans for a UN global pact
  • But concerns have been raised about the reliability of the data used for the plans
  • Still, the country pledges are described to combine ‘complex’ needs of the areas
Scidev.net – [MANILA] With a little over a week left until the UN climate conference starts in Paris on 30 November, most countries have already submitted their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs).

The INDCs are public pledges detailing how each country plans to cope with climate change, starting in 2020, as part of a new international climate agreement that will be adopted at the UN conference. Tiếp tục đọc “Ambitious climate goals, weak foundations”