The Netherlands has ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the future - to cut them by 49 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 95 percent by 2050. These targets and the likely new EU-wide targets under the recent EU Green Deal entail a rapid acceleration in decarbonization....

Achieving the Paris Agreement's temperature goals requires cutting global CO2 emissions 25 to 50 percent this decade, followed by a rapid transition to net zero emissions. The world is currently not yet on track so there is an urgent need to narrow gaps in climate mitigation ambition and policy....

Countries are increasingly committing to midcentury 'net-zero' emissions targets under the Paris Agreement, but limiting global warming to 1.5 to 2 degree C requires cutting emissions by a quarter to a half in this decade. Making sufficient progress to stabilizing the climate therefore requires...