Most nations miss deadline for plans to fight climate change
12 Feb 2025
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Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the United Nations’ climate chief calls “among the most important policy documents governments will produce this century” — their plans on how they will cut emissions of heat-trapping gases.
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