Sentences with phrase «refuse emissions reduction commitments»

On the other, southern decision - makers refuse emissions reduction commitments that they fear (with every justification) will derail their journey to «development.»

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If a wealthy nation with high per capita emissions refused to adopt emission reduction targets, it would be impossible to persuade developing countries to adopt targets in subsequent commitment periods.
That is, although it may be in everyone's interest if the United States encourages others to make ghg emissions reductions commitments, the United States may not refuse to reduce its emissions to its fair share of safe global emissions on the basis that others have not acted.
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