U.S. Tells China It Has 'No Plan Yet' to Meet Its 2020 Climate Target

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By Carbon BriefMay 5, 2017, 8:23 am109 pts
By Simon Evans The U.S. has no plan yet for how to meet its 2020 climate target and has made no analysis of the impact of recent policy changes, according to an official submission to the UN. The details emerged in a series of terse, repetitive answers to an international climate action peer-review process,…

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