{"id":1097,"date":"2025-09-18T20:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2025-09-18T20:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:38:10","slug":"australia-unveils-new-emissions-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1097","title":{"rendered":"Australia unveils new emissions cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Australia pledged Thursday to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by up to 70 percent from 2005 levels over the next decade, a target activists warned was not ambitious enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the landmark Paris climate accord, each country must provide a headline figure to the United Nations for cutting heat-trapping emissions by 2035, and a detailed blueprint for getting there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yemi Alade - Tomorrow (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4u2yMsPdG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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