The countries signed up to the Paris Agreement faced a Monday deadline to submit new national climate plans to the UN, setting out how they plan to cut emissions by 2035
UN climate chief Simon Stiell said last week most countries have indicated they will still produce their climate plans this year.Many of the world’s biggest polluter nations have missed a UN deadline to set new climate targets as efforts to curb global warming come under pressure after U.S. President
“The public is entitled to expect a strong reaction from their governments to the fact that global warming has now reached 1.5 degrees Celsius for an entire year, but we have seen virtually nothing of real substance,” said Bill Hare, CEO of science and policy institute Climate Analytics. Trump last month ordered the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and paused some federal clean energy spending.
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