It has been five years since the signing of the Paris climate accord, when 189 countries agreed to limit global warming to hopefully 1.5C. Squabbling nations have since struggled to agree on the rules. Now, that goal might be in reach. Here’s why 👇 ft.com/content/d6e23e…
During the past few months, China, Japan and South Korea have announced targets of net zero emissions by the middle of the century. President-elect Joe Biden has said he wants the US to reach zero carbon electricity by 2035 and net zero emissions by 2050 ft.com/content/d6e23e… 
Global emissions have also dropped 6.7% during the coronavirus pandemic this year, the biggest absolute decline recorded outside of wartime ft.com/content/d6e23e…
Big leaps in green technology, and new corporate commitments, have also helped generate a tailwind, such as Apple’s Tim Cook joining the UN climate summit ft.com/content/d6e23e…
Clean energy is much cheaper than it was then, and the combination of technological progress, along with increasing knowledge about climate change damage, has sped up the pace of the transition away from fossil fuels and non-renewable energy ft.com/content/d6e23e…
Since the Paris accord was signed, sales of electric vehicles have quadrupled, from 572,000 in 2015, to 2.3m in 2020, according to estimates from the International Energy Agency ft.com/content/d6e23e…
As the planet gets warmer, the proof of pledges will be in their implementation. ‘Distant hypothetical targets are being set ... Yet, when it comes to the immediate action we need, we are still in a state of complete denial,’ said activist Greta Thunberg ft.com/content/d6e23e…
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