MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy’s (DOE) plans and measures in reducing the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were “disappointing, negligible, and unambitious, a consumer group said Wednesday.
The Power for People Coalition (P4P) said the DOE, under the draft Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) presented by the Climate Change Commission (CCC), has only committed to a GHG reduction and avoidance target of a mere 2.8% from 2020-2030 and 12.3% from 2020-2050.
This will only translate to only a little over 1% of GHG reductions from the energy sector, which P4P said “provides no help in the global fight for 1.5C” goal of the Paris Agreement.
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