More countries hike climate pledges, piling pressure on major emitters
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2021-07-31 11:30
More countries hike climate pledges, piling pressure on major emitters
By Kate AbnettBRUSSELS (Reuters) – A group of mostly smaller countries submitted new, more ambitious climate pledges to the United Nations this week, raising pressure on big emitters including China to do the same ahead of a major U.N. climate summit in November.U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa said that as of Saturday the United Nations had received new pledges from 110 countries, out of the nearly 200 that signed the 2015 Paris climate accord.'It is still far from satisfactory, since only a little over half the parties (58%) have met the cut-off deadline,' Espinosa said in a statement, urging laggards to 'redouble their efforts' and make more ambitious commitments to protect the planet.

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