CLIMATE / WORLD: At the UN, governments and corporations commit to carbon neutrality, having so far failed to launch genuine decarbonisation

>The Climate Summit held at the UN last week was designed to mobilise governments and companies, while reassuring international public opinion regarding the determination to take action. While the Paris Agreement emerges reinforced in principle, the figures bear witness to its limited impact on decarbonisation of the economy. Efforts need to be doubled to comply with governments’ commitments and quadrupled to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement. On a global scale...