A new level of decisive action is required now to achieve real emissions reductions. (sciencemediacentre.org)
The availability of verified emissions data has allowed the Commission to ensure that the cap on national allocations under the second phase is set at a level that results in real emission reductions. (ec.europa.eu)
But it is important to keep in mind that even if legislation had passed the US Congress and negotiations at Copenhagen ended less rancorously, the old framework would have been unlikely to deliver real emissions reductions much below business - as - usual, for all of the reasons delineated above. (thebreakthrough.org)