Despite their 2015 pledge to limit global warming by slashing carbon emissions, big countries' commitments so far still fall short of meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement, monitors say

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After EU lawmakers adopted sweeping climate measures on Tuesday, here is a roundup of where it and other major carbon emitters stand. In the medium term, it has promised to reduce the intensity of its emissions by as much as 65 percent by 2030 and peak emissions at the end of this decade. JapanThe world's third-biggest economy and heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels, Japan has said it aims for a 46-percent reduction in emissions by 2030 compared to 2013 levels

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