
Business14 Aug 2026
Climate Pledges Meet the Ledger: Inside the Recalculation of a Decade
Governments promised deep cuts by 2030. A trove of internal accounting shows how much of it was arithmetic.

Governments promised deep cuts by 2030. A trove of internal accounting shows how much of it was arithmetic.

The laptop stays open. The numbers that matter are being written by hand - in rooms with no slides.

Two years of calm ended in nine minutes. A reconstruction of the session.