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C carbon budget set forth in the 2015 ParisAgreement, countries must reduce CO2 emissions in the entire [existing] built environment by 50-65% by 2030 and reach zero carbon by 2040. Carbon Emissions Emissions goals were set in response to urgent developments in climate science indicating that for the world to meet the 1.5°C
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electricity, steam or heat) for business activities. Milieudefensies argument that investments in new oil and gas fields are contrary to achieving climate objectives under the ParisAgreement was dismissed by the Court as not being directly part of the claim, but the court considered the argument in some detail, obiter dicta , nevertheless.
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