Governments’ current climate policies and promises have the world on track for “catastrophic” average global warming of 2.6° to 3.1°C, and the odds of limiting global heating to the 1.5°C target in the Paris climate agreement are rapidly shrinking toward zero, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warns in the latest edition of its annual Emissions Gap Report.
Record Global Emissions Put Warming on Track for ‘Catastrophic’ 2.6-3.1°C, UN Warns
