
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Mar 24 (IPS) – The writer is International Climate Political Advisor at Greenpeace InternationalWe should be well on the way to solving the climate crisis by now.
According to the Paris Agreement, last year should have been the year that all countries presented their commitments to cut carbon emissions for limiting global climate heating to within 1.5oC of pre-industrial levels.

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