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This year earth got a taste of what’s to come with rising global temperatures, warns the U.N. Emissions Gap report.

Countries' current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations analysis released Monday. The annual Emissions Gap report, which assesses countries' promises to tackle climate change compared with what is needed, finds the world faces between 2.5C (4.5F) and 2.9C (5.2F) of warming above preindustrial levels if governments do not boost climate action.

Earth is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius (4.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed-upon international climate threshold, a United Nations report calculated. To have an even money shot at keeping warming to the 1.5-degree Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) limit adopted by the […]

The latest Emissions Gap Report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) reveals that current pledges under the Paris Agreement are insufficient to prevent global temperatures from rising by 2.5-2.9 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels this century. The report emphasizes the urgent need for increased climate action and low-carbon transformations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve the Paris Agreement goals, mitigation efforts must be significantly strengthened in the next decade. The report also highlights that net-zero pledges are not currently credible, and the chances of l...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned that countries' greenhouse gas-cutting pledges are putting the Earth on track for catastrophic warming of up to 2.9 degrees Celsius this century. The annual Emissions Gap report calls on G20 nations to increase emissions cuts, as the world continues to pump record levels of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. UNEP urges countries to make more ambitious and urgent efforts to reduce fossil fuel use and deforestation.