Out of pace or out of the race?
Our world is facing one of its greatest challenges: the race to zero (emissions) and climate-neutrality.
Science tells us almost everything we need to know about the rules of this race. Moreover, most countries have read these and signed-up to enter the race years ago, in Paris, in 2015.
The Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change, was adopted by 196 countries at COP 21 in Paris, on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016.
Its main goal is to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.
To achieve this long-term temperature goal, countries aim to reach global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible to achieve a climate neutral world by mid-century.
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The Race: Climate-Neutrality by 2050 ...................................... 4
The Vehicle: Decarbonisation ..................................................... 4
The Western Balkans, Team Europe ......................................... 4
The Race Stages: 2020, 2030 ........................................................ 4
The indicators: Our decarbonisation speedometer .............. 4
Mostly burning fossil fuels, inefficiently. ................................. 5
Stuck in coal, in breach of emission standards ...................... 9
2020: Out of pace .......................................................................... 10
Energy poverty: poor or wasteful? .......................................... 12
Racing with(out) roadmaps ....................................................... 14
Albania ............................................................................................ 14
Bosnia and Herzegovina ............................................................ 15
Kosovo* ........................................................................................... 16
North Macedonia .......................................................................... 16
Montenegro .................................................................................... 17
Serbia ............................................................................................... 17
Out of pace or out of the race? .................................................. 18