UN sees higher global warming, even in best-case scenario
- On Wednesday, the United Nations Environment Programme released its annual Emissions Gap Report 2026, finding that exceeding the Paris Climate Agreement's 1.5-degree Celsius warming target is now "imminent and unavoidable."
- Current government policies track toward about 2.8 degrees Celsius warming, with projections deteriorating since last year partly because of the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
- Global greenhouse gas emissions must fall 18% by 2030, 45% by 2035, and 69% by 2040 to keep warming to the lowest achievable overshoot, while coal-fired electricity generation requires a 75% reduction by 2035.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres characterized the findings as a "leadership gap," asserting that "overshoot is not surrender" while urging nations to urgently implement fast, deep emissions reductions.
- With COP31 approaching next month in Antalya, Turkey, delegates face findings that returning temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius depends on large-scale carbon removal, the feasibility of which remains uncertain.
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