The British secret services revealed on Sunday that they had embarked on "
green espionage
", which consists of verifying whether other countries, and in particular "
the biggest polluters in the world
", keep their commitments in terms of climate change.
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"
In the area of climate change, where everyone has to get involved and play fair, sometimes you have to check that this is the case,
" said in an interview with Times Radio the head of MI6 Richard Moore , whose motto is "
Trust but verify
".
This is why British foreign intelligence began to "
spy on the biggest polluters in the world
", he announced, deeming "
obvious
" that his organization was going to support what he considers to be "
the main point of the international foreign policy agenda for this country and for the planet, namely the climate emergency
”.
52% reduction in US greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
“
When people make commitments on climate change, maybe it's up to us to make sure what they're actually doing is what they've signed on,
” added one who is known as agent "
C
".
The revelations come just days after US President Joe Biden pledged to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to 52% by 2030 compared to 2005, during his virtual climate summit that brought together key world leaders.
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If, however, he remained elusive at this stage on the concrete means of achieving this, this announcement "
changes the game
" and could give the necessary boost to international negotiations, said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He himself had announced Tuesday greater reductions than expected in the UK's carbon dioxide emissions, anxious to "
raise the level
" a few months before the COP26 on the climate to be organized in Glasgow (Scotland).
