以下は、英文日経Weeklyからです。make little headway という最後の表現に目が留まりました。
As talk of global warming grows more and more alarming worldwide, a series of recent news articles show that Japan's industrial sectors should be able to attain the greenhouse-gas emissions reduction targets allocated to them by the government under the Kyoto Protocol.
Another round of moves is also afoot (= underway) to expand gas-cutting business using Japan's eco-friendly technologies, including solar power.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered last month a new environment policy strategy including gas-cutting by June. Bust discussions have made little headway.