Biggest Economies’ Climate Policies Fall Short of Paris Goals

The world’s biggest economies are falling behind on commitments to cut greenhouse gases fast enough to limit global warming.

Despite a number of world leaders making broad commitments to slash emissions recently, more detailed policies are falling short on delivering on the goals of the Paris climate agreement, according to an analysis of 19 countries’ policies by BloombergNEF.

“The high-level pledges over the last year, in particular, have been impressive with major economies such as the European Union, Japan, South Korea and China all promising to get to ‘net-zero’ emissions or carbon neutrality at some future date,” said Victoria ...