World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says
Source: The Guardian ·
Action needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to organisation’s environment bodyThe world needs to cut carbon emissions by nearly a fifth in the next four years, and by close to half within a decade, to avoid overshooting climate targets by a disastrous margin.Although the “window has closed” on holding temperature rises to 1.5C, in line with scientific advice,…
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The world needs to cut carbon emissions by nearly a fifth in the next four years, and by close to half within a decade, to avoid overshooting climate targets by a disastrous margin. Although the “window has closed” on holding temperature rises to 1.5C, in line with scientific advice, limiting the “overshoot” of that target is still possible, according to the UN Environment Programme (Unep). But countries are failing to translate their long-term targets on reducing emissions into short-term actions, a report on the “emissions gap” between climate goals and policies has found. Global carbon output appears to have stalled: the emission levels in 2025 were broadly similar to those of the previous year. But Unep analysts were wary of calling it a peak or plateau, given the vast uncertainties of geopolitics and an increased reliance on fossil fuels, despite strong growth in renewable energy. Cutting greenhouse gases by 18% by 2030, and by 45% by 2045, would yield a good chance of limiting…
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