US plans to tackle emissions have been deemed “insufficient” Paul Souders/Getty
Almost three quarters of the climate pledges countries have put forward for the Paris agreement fall short of the emissions cuts needed to stop dangerous warming.
Bob Watson, a former scientific adviser to the UK government, and colleagues found countries with insufficient plans include the world’s biggest emitters, China, India and the US. The US on Monday started the formal process of withdrawing from the Paris deal. The team found only plans by seven countries, including Norway, Switzerland and Ukraine, and the EU were compatible with the goal of…
