Planned fossil fuel output shatters 1.5°C climate target: UN - Newspaper
Says emissions must go down nearly 50pc by 2030, to net-zero by mid-century to limit warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels.
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Says emissions must go down nearly 50pc by 2030, to net-zero by mid-century to limit warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels.
The world’s nations are currently planning to produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the UN said on October 20.
The U.N. has said that current plans to cut emissions put the Earth on course to warm by 2.7 degrees Celsius.
UNEP’s Production Gap report finds countries plan to produce some 110 percent more fossil fuels in 2030.
Planned fossil fuel output shatters 1.5C climate target: UN