• DOI:10.1038/548025a
Corpus ID: 4467912

Prove Paris was more than paper promises

@article{Victor2017ProvePW,
  title={Prove Paris was more than paper promises},
  author={D. Victor and Keigo Akimoto and Y. Kaya and M. Yamaguchi and Danny Cullenward and C. Hepburn},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2017},
  volume={548},
  pages={25-27}
}

D. Victor, Keigo Akimoto, +3 authors C. Hepburn

Published 2017

Economics, Medicine

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Wishful thinking and bravado are eclipsing reality. Countries in the European Union are struggling to increase energy efficiency and renewable power to the levels that they claimed they would. Japan promised cuts in emissions to match those of its peers, but meeting the goals will cost more than the country is willing to pay. Even without Trump's attempts to roll back federal climate policy, the United States is shifting its economy to clean energy too slowly.