World needs to cut carbon intensity seven times faster to limit warming to 1.5°C

Flood waters at Glenbrook, Passage West, Cork, during the recent aftermath of Storm Babet. Experts are predicting that similar weather events will become more frequent and point to climate change as the driving factor. Picture: Chani Anderson
The world is falling dangerously short of the ambition that is needed to secure a safe future climate, according to new analysis by PwC, and as a result we need to fight to prevent every fraction of a degree of warming.