> The change India proposed replaced the phrase "phase out" with "phase down". > But national pledges made so far to cut greenhouse emissions — mostly carbon d

> The change India proposed replaced the phrase "phase out" with "phase down". > But national pledges made so far to cut greenhouse emissions — mostly carbon dioxide from burning coal, oil and gas — would only cap the average global temperature rise at 2.4C. Even before nerfing the language from "phase out" to "phase down", we're already not on track for 1.5C. I'm going to guess realistically we need to prepare for a 3.0C world.