Perhaps... but that is not the wording in the pledge

It says move towards, not reach. There is a difference.

Look Mike, remember me saying this?

A pledge isn't hard and fast and I know of no enforcement mechanism.

What do you think that means?

They write the pledge that way deliberately – it isn’t hard and fast like a contract. Capiche?
There isn’t any enforcement mechanism (no way to enforce it) If this was a contract weasel words might apply, but this is the way pledges between countries are written. All bodies have books of how to phrase things from the specific to the general. The climate pledges are written the same way. You’ll just have to understand that when you are dealing with countries at this level in areas like this, it’s NOT HARD AND FAST, like a contract spelling out what will happen each year. This isn’t a contractor with target dates and percentages of completion and a drop dead date where you start losing your profit.

I’m very much aware of what the words mean. They are descriptions of loose goals and requirements that have no SPECIFIC schedule, no ABSOLUTE target dates, i.e., not hard and fast. And as for your hypothetical – I don’t even think you have to do the one thing at the last minute. But the other countries might get upset with you. Tired, adios.