Forcing countries to decarbonise in response to the climate crisis is not the way to go, according to the US government’s climate envoy John Kerry. Instead, the biggest emitters in the developed world should be invited to the table to agree on accelerated collective action, he told an International Energy Agency summit on achieving net-zero emissions. He confirmed the IEA will publish the first net-zero roadmap, outlining how the world needs to transform itself to reach carbon neutrality, on May 18th. There is a requirement to convert remote targets into immediate actions, and to halve global emissions by 2030, he said. We need to make this the decade of delivery.”Ending the use of coal is paramount, Mr Sharma said, and countries need to “stop funding polluting power abroad”.

Source: The Irish Times March 31, 2021 15:40 UTC