Global warning entails a quicker Lima deal
At no time has a global deal on climate change looked more likely than it does today. In October, European Union leaders agreed ambitious climate and energy targets for 2030, including a binding domestic greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of at least 40 percent.
Our announcement injected a new momentum into the global climate negotiations. And very recently, the US and China announced their future targets. This was encouraging news. And yet if we are going to secure a binding, meaningful global deal on climate change, this month will be just as crucial.
From Dec 1 to 12, representatives from every country in the world will gather in Lima for a crucial conference to try and lay the ground work for a global deal on climate change that world leaders have committed to agreeing in Paris this time next year.
