Paris rhetoric is easy, the reality will be somewhat more difficult

Industry has much to do if the Paris
climate deal is to be achieved.

Following the Paris COP21 agreement last year, 175 countries have signed the Climate Deal with the target of limiting global warming to less than 2 degrees C.

Governments are now ratifying the Agreement, which needs to be approved under domestic laws for each country.

According to Trucost, the retail sector’s carbon emissions would have to be reduced by 76 per cent on average and the telecommunications sector’s emissions by 89 per cent by 2050.

Read the ClimateAction story - “Science-based targets to achieve Paris Agreement targets.”