Brazil has declared #COP30 to be the "implementation" COP. You might wonder, how are countries doing on implementing their climate targets? Six new policy briefs from @policy_climate provide answers here: tinyurl.com/3tpkwvau

The six countries are: #Brazil #China, #India, #Indonesia, #Mexico, and #SouthAfrica. Of course implementation gaps can be found in places like the #USA (!) too, but our study focused on this set of countries.

New article out today on whether or not #China is on track to achieve its #carbon neutrality target. This is an important question because China is the world's largest GHG emitter on an aggregate basis. We find China is on track to peak before 2030 but. . .

policy gaps remain that must be addressed if China is to achieve net zero. We identify #stringency gaps, #coverage gaps, and #implementation gaps. Full article available open access here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

My take on #COP29: 2024 is shaping up to be the hottest year for Earth on record, as reported by the WMO (wmo.int/publication-series/s…). This year, the Earth exceeded 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial global average temperatures for the first time. This is notable because 1.5 degrees C is the lower limit that previous negotiators had set in the context of the 2015 Paris Agreement. (1/6)

China seemed to anticipate demands that it make transparent contributions but got away with only needing to make voluntary commitments. Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang said in his speech that “Since 2016, China has provided and mobilized funds of more than Yuan 177 billion ($24.50 billion), effectively supporting other developing countries in coping with climate change.” According to spglobal.com, “China's annual average contribution was around $2.7 billion. In 2022, developed countries contributed a total of $115.9 billion in climate finance, with the US government providing about 5%, or $5.8 billion”spglobal.com/commodityinsigh… (5/6)