The national emission targets that the world’s countries have set so far are not enough to reach the international climate targets. The world is heading towards 2.5 degrees of global warming and a reduction to 1.5 degrees seems to be a long way off, according to the UN. The report states, among other things: That global warming is likely to be around 2.5 degrees in 2100, even if the countries limit emissions as promised. With today’s climate pledges, emissions will increase by 10.6 per cent by 2030. Small progress, but not enough Today’s report shows that the commitments that apply today will increase emissions by 10.6 per cent by 2030, compared to 2010 levels. This is an improvement on last year, when the countries were on track to increase emissions by 13.7 per cent by 2030. Nevertheless, this is not enough. The UN climate panel says that CO₂ emissions must fall by 45 percent from 2010 to 2030, if the targets in the Paris Agreement are to be reached. This year’s report shows that even if emissions no longer increase after 2030, they still do not show the rapid downward trend that science says is necessary this decade. Few countries updated their climate targets: – Disappointing – We are still nowhere near the extent and pace of reducing the emissions required to put us on track towards 1.5 degrees, says UN climate chief Simon Stiell. At the climate summit in Glasgow last year, the UN asked that efforts be stepped up. But only a small proportion of the world’s countries updated their emission targets. – Last year, all countries agreed to revise and strengthen their climate targets. The fact that only 24 new updated climate targets were submitted since COP26 is disappointing, he says. Stiell says that governments’ decisions and actions must reflect seriousness. – They must reflect the threats we face and how little time we have left to avoid the devastating consequences of climate change, says Stiell. This is what the world has promised to do against climate change. In the Paris Agreement, the countries of the world agreed to limit global warming to 2 degrees, and most preferably 1.5 degrees. At the climate summit in Glasgow in 2021, the countries determined that the goal to work towards is 1 5 degrees The world is already around 1 degree warmer than pre-industrial times. Even the most optimistic scenarios in the UN’s latest climate report imply that one will for a period exceed 1.5 degrees The sixth main report from the UN’s climate panel clearly states that the consequences of climate change will be greater, more unpredictable and more difficult to adapt to as the temperature in the world increases rises The UN report is among a number of reports published ahead of COP27, which is the 27th conference of the parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change. The summit will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt from 6 to 18 November.
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