South Africa ‘Well Below’ 2025 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target
- Country produced 480 million tons of the gases in 2022
- The 2025 upper limit of the target is 510 million tons
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South Africa is “well below” its target of reducing annual greenhouse gas emissions to less than 510 million tons by 2025, the country’s environment minister said.
The country, the world’s 14th-biggest source of the climate-warming gases, produced 480 million tons of carbon dioxide or its equivalent last year, Barbara Creecy said in a reply to parliamentary questions on Friday.