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SA may reach its emissions targets, but are they too easy?

If every country follows this approach, global warming could reach 3°C above pre-industrial levels

Urgently limiting greenhouse gas emissions is essential to avoiding the worst effects of climate change. South Africa is a party to the 2015 Paris Agreement. This required countries to set targets for greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to limit global warming to 1.5°C-2°C above pre-industrial levels. The targets set by most countries, however, are not sufficient and global emissions are still rising. Exceeding 1.5°C is very likely within the next decade.
The Paris Agreement only works if each country is doing its fair share. Even though South Africa produces about 1% of the world’s greenhouse gases, the Climate Action Tracker has rated South Africa’s targets as “insufficient”, projecting that if every country followed the same approach, warming would pass…

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