World facing ‘catastrophe’ as countries’ climate commitments fall far short – UN

To limit temperature rises to 2C, emissions must be cut by an additional 13 billion tonnes in 2030.

UN warns of climate catastrophe ahead of Cop26 talks

The world is on track for “climate catastrophe”, the UN warned, as it published a report showing countries’ plans to cut emissions still fall far short of curbing dangerous warming.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said even with new and updated plans and pledges from countries for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, the world faces global warming of 2.7C by 2100.