A United Nations committee deemed that Greece had failed to demonstrate its ability to adequately measure carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions despite having been given several months to come up with a new plan after its system was deemed unreliable by UN officials in April.

 According to the UN’s compliance committee for the Kyoto Protocol, an action plan submitted by Greek officials in July is “inadequate” and means Greece is unfit to re-enter a greenhouse gas emissions trading program from which it was suspended by the UN in April.

The final decision on whether Greece will remain suspended from the program will be taken by the group of United Nations inspectors who visited Athens last month to assess the country’s progress in conforming to UN standards in measuring pollution levels.