Pressure Mounts For Major Emitters To Toughen GHG Goals Ahead Of 2023

November 3, 2021
Biden administration officials, environmentalists and others at the ongoing Glasgow climate summit are raising pressure on some major economies to commit to offering tougher near-term greenhouse gas targets potentially before an official “stock take” of collective progress toward achieving the Paris Agreement’s goals slated for 2023. “Major emitters with insufficient 2030 climate plans should agree to come back to the table with stronger ones by 2023,” Ani Dasgupta, president of the World Resources Institute (WRI), said in a Nov. 2...


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