Study in journal Science: Only 63 of 1,500 Global Climate Policies of Past 25 Years Worked to Reduce

[rangerrebew]

Study in journal Science: Only 63 of 1,500 Global Climate Policies of Past 25 Years Worked to Reduce CO2 Emissions – A success rate of 4.2%

Sarah Montalbano of IWF: The peer-reviewed study, published August 22, 2024 in the journal Science, reviewed the effects of 1,500 climate policies implemented between 1998 and 2022 across 41 countries using a machine learning algorithm. The model identified significant breaks in carbon dioxide emissions (between 0.6 and 1.8 gigatons of CO2) and associated them with known policy changes.

Via Study Abstract: "We provide a global, systematic ex post evaluation to identify policy combinations that have led to large emission reductions out of 1500 climate policies implemented between 1998 and 2022 across 41 countries from six continents...We identified 63 successful policy interventions with total emission reductions between 0.6 billion and 1.8 billion metric tonnes CO2."

Only 63 of 1,500 climate policies were associated with any significant break in carbon dioxide emissions. That’s a success rate of 4.2%.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2024/08/31/peer-reviewed-study-in-journal-science-only-63-of-1500-climate-policies-of-past-25-years-reduced-co2-emissions-a-success-rate-of-only-4-2/

[DefiantMassRINO]

Global Climate Change is not science, it is a death cult committed to the extinction of humanity.

[catfish1957]

I'd like to see the 4.2% and comment accordingly. 

In  my career, CO2 was the desired effect.  Because that was intent to have complete combustion via flaring,recovery,  incineration, scrubbing efficiencies (SO2).

The best policy is conservation.  Any other drastic measure in most cases, becomes cost prohibitive, or threatens the existence of the technologies we already own.