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United Nations: Countries’ pledges to cut emissions are far too meager to halt climate change

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Pledges made by so far by countries around the globe to cut greenhouse gas emissions fall strikingly short of the profound changes necessary to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, the United Nations said Friday.

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Times of India

Climate actions of 74 countries, EU far off Paris goal: UN body

The United Nations body on climate change on Friday released an initial synthesis report on updated climate actions of various countries, pointing out that their collective plans so far do not put the world on a path to save it from disastrous consequences of global warming.

3 years ago·India

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Yahoo News

UN: Carbon-cutting pledges by countries nowhere near enough

The newest pledges by countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions are falling far short of what's needed to limit global warming to what the Paris climate accord seeks, a new United Nations report finds. Most countries — especially top carbon polluters China, United States and India — missed the Dec. 31 deadline for submitting official emission-cutting targets for November’s climate negotiations in Scotland. Friday’s report provides an incomplet…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

CO2 emissions: nations' pledges 'far away' from Paris target, says UN

Secretary general António Guterres says first assessment of promises amounts to ‘red alert for our planet’The first assessment of countries’ pledges to cut their greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, a vital component of the Paris climate agreement, has found they are only a fraction of the effort needed to avoid climate breakdown.If all of the national pledges submitted so far were fulfilled, global emissions would be reduced by only 1% …

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Climate pledges for 2030 put world far off 1.5C goal, U.N. warns

Updated plans to reduce emissions, submitted so far by about 75 nations ahead of November's COP26 summit, barely make a dent in the huge cuts needed to meet global climate goals, the U.N. climate chief said on Friday, calling for redoubled efforts.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

Countries' new carbon-cutting pledges are nowhere near enough, UN says

3 years ago·Canada

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Associated Press News

UN: Carbon-cutting pledges by countries nowhere near enough

The newest pledges by countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions are falling far short of what's needed to limit global warming to what the Paris climate accord seeks, a new United Nations report...

3 years ago·United States

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