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Only 15 countries have met the latest Paris agreement deadline. Is any nation serious about tackling climate change?

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par Doug Specht, Reader in Cultural Geography and Communication, University of Westminster

The latest deadline for countries to submit plans for slashing the greenhouse gas emissions fuelling climate change has passed. Only 15 countries met it – less than 8% of the 194 parties currently signed up to the Paris agreement, which obliges countries to submit new proposals for eliminating emissions every five years.

Known as nationally determined contributions, or NDCs, these plans outline how each country intends to help limit average global temperature rise to 1.5°C…

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