— Man of the actual commitments under the ˆaris ree„ d e r ment are modest and man of these are not bein deliered a h upon ( althouh a number of countries hae announced ly s l their intention to scale up their climate action ahead of a u q cop2Ÿ‚ s of “oember 2020 eiht countries hae either e n achieed or leislated for net„zero emissions b 20‘” s u e i or 20”0‚ further 1— countries and the eu as a whole are s n o p actiel worƒin towards net„zero leislation‚ Since s e autumn 2020 this roup coers more than half of lobal r co2 as well as two„thirds of lobal coal consumption as mašor East sian emitters China §orea and °apan hae announced their net„zero intentions‚!) dditionall žž countries are currentl discussin similar efforts‚!! ›see figure žœ — …he ˆaris reement architecture allows for multiple leels of action includin action b corporations states and cities‚ Climate action pledes hae been taƒen b Ÿ 22” com panies headuartered in oer 100 countries and ¡ 000 cities representin usdŸ‚” trillion in reenue larer than the combined gdp of the us and China‚ …oether these pledes account for reductions of 1‚”–2‚2 ia„ tonnes of co2 euialent b 200‚!@ figure §e economic indicators coered b net„zero tarets 100% Countries with net-zero targets 26% Chile 75% 29% China 71% 74% E‡ 37% °apan 63% 44% 46% South frica 47% 56% 50% 53% 54% South §orea Switzerland 64% 65% ‡nited §indom 36% 35% Other countries 25% Countries without net-zero targets ‡nited States ‹ndia 0% Other countries GDP Population Coal Oil Energy Gas Solar CO2 Note: inspired by Simon Evans at CarbonBrief. ž ¯ictor et al‚ 201¡ Data retrieved from ECIU, BP, and the World Bank 10 Carbon¢rief 2020 World Development 11 eciu 2020 Indicators. 12 un Enironment Source: CarbonBrief – 201— Simon Evans ”‘
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