“You all come to us young people for hope. How dare you. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.' - from Greta Thunberg's speech to world leaders at the 2019 U.N. Climate Action Summit.
1Youth Climate activist Greta Thunberg, right, speaks during the 2019 Climate Action Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden, attends the 2019 Climate Action Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York. President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence confer during the 2019 Climate Action Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Today, few countries are on track to meet even the modest pollution cuts they agreed to in the Paris accord. Next year they face a deadline to set tougher targets, and leaders are being asked to outline those commitments now. But some of the countries scheduled to speak Monday are deeply invested in the continued use of the dirtiest fossil fuels. These include China and India, which have plans to continue developing coal mines and coal-fired power plants. Major oil producers, including Russia and Qatar, are also scheduled to appear.Another major obstacle, experts say, is the tough reality that the world has turned more hostile to climate action since the Paris accord was forged.
California has worked to align its climate policies with international targets, including a commitment to achieve carbon neutrality across the world’s fifth-largest economy by 2045 and legislation that sets a goal of 100% clean energy by the same year.A U.N.
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