Nations blow hot and cold in the faltering effort to curb global warming
Despite developments in harnessing renewable energy, no country is shifting quickly enough to switch to clean energy to meet targets on global warming
Marrakesh — No country is shifting from dirty to clean energy fast enough to hold global warming below 2°C, according to a ranking of 58 nations responsible for 90% of energy-related CO² emissions. Despite a boom in renewables, especially solar and wind, "the necessary energy revolution is still happening too slowly," the Climate Change Performance Index 2017 reported on Wednesday during the UN climate talks in Marrakesh. The annual assessment of national policies and actions to curb global warming found that the EU had gone from leader to laggard, with the exception of some member states. France took top honours, due partly to its role in ushering in the landmark Paris agreement, signed in the French capital last December. Sweden and Britain took the silver and bronze, mainly for policies put in place by previous governments. Canada, Australia and Japan filled out the bottom of the ranking, though recent changes of government in Canberra and Ottawa may bode well for improvement. Th...
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