World on track for 'really quite catastrophic' climate change
The world is one track for “really quite catastrophic”, one of Ireland’s leading climatologists has warned.
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The world is one track for “really quite catastrophic”, one of Ireland’s leading climatologists has warned.
"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."
Countries' greenhouse gas-cutting pledges put Earth on track for warming far beyond key limits, potentially up to a catastrophic 2.9 degrees Celsius this century, the U.N. said Monday, warning "we are out of road". The UN Environment Program's annual Emissions Gap report is released just ahead of crucial COP28 clima...
Global greenhouse gas emissions rose by 1.2 per cent from 2021 to 2022, reaching a record 57.4 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Countries' current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century,