IW Long Reads: No time to waste - Are we doing enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals?

Is any real action taking place – or are old promises being recycled?

It has been more than five years since the Paris Agreement on climate change was signed by 191 member states, whose official aim is to limit global warming to well below 2ºC compared to pre-industrial levels and make every effort to limit this to 1.5ºC. Since that historic day in 2016, much has been done in pursuit of this goal. Governments and companies across the world made zero carbon pledges, tactics were discussed, and national guidelines were introduced. The past two years have seen a particular acceleration in the fight against climate change, as the number of commitments to net...