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#ClimateEmergency

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"It's like promising to run a marathon by only training [for] 10km, taking the bus for the last kilometre of that, and reserving the right to just stay home if it rains."

"Once you strip off the offsets and the potential emergency break for carbon sinks, the real figure will be lower than 85%. The EU should lead by example, not by loophole."

@greenpeace & @Wwf criticise watering down of the @EUCommission's climate goals

rte.ie/news/environment/2025/1

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"...Within the next decade, Earth is likely to blow past 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since the mid 1800s, which is the internationally agreed-upon goal made in Paris. If nations do as they promise in their plans, the planet will warm 2.3 to 2.5 degrees Celsius (4.1 to 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit), the report calculates...."

> The European Union should weaken its next climate target if its forests sequester less carbon dioxide than planned […]

> The bloc's forest carbon sink is in decline due to climate impacts such as wildfires but also over-harvesting of wood. As the bloc's climate targets rely in part on this absorption capacity, many governments worry that industry and households will have to cut emissions faster to make up for the shortfall.

politico.eu/article/ministers-

POLITICO · EU countries poised to demand weaker climate target if forests fail to absorb CO2By Zia Weise