World Off Track on Climate Goals: 2.8°C Warming Possible by 2100, Says UN Report
Even if countries meet their latest pledges, warming could still reach 2.6°C, while current policies point to 2.8°C, the UN said.
- On Wednesday, a United Nations report warned that climate ambitions adopted in Paris a decade ago are effectively out of reach, with global warming projected to reach 2.6°C by 2100 even if countries meet current pledges.
- The United States saw its emissions rise more than any other nation in the past year, the report found, while current global climate action remains insufficient to meet established goals.
- China remains the world's largest annual emitter with 16.1 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent, followed by the United States at 6 billion, India at 4.5 billion, and the European Union at 3.1 billion annually.
- Eurasia Group analyst Maria Jose Valverde wrote this week that climate diplomacy is splintering into bilateral deals, rendering "negotiations increasingly unproductive" and COP summits "progressively irrelevant" amid energy crises.
- A University of Washington study published in PLOS Climate reveals that past emissions from carbon majors will cause continued warming for millennia, keeping Earth approximately 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures.
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World off track on climate goals: 2.8°C warming possible by 2100, says UN report
The world is not on track to meet its climate goals, according to the UN’s Emissions Gap Report 2026. Current policies could lead to 2.8°C of global warming by 2100. Here are the report’s key findings and the emission cuts needed.
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