emissions

If no actions are taken, global emissions will continue to grow this decade. By 2030 they will increase by about 16.3 per cent compared to 2010 levels.
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Paris climate deal could go up in smoke without action: Guterres

17 September 2021
Climate and Environment

Unless wealthy nations commit to tackling emissions now, the world is on a “catastrophic pathway” to 2.7-degrees of heating by the end of the century, UN Secretary General António Guterres warned on Friday.

National governments are the main drivers of change to reduce harmful emissions.
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Cut methane emissions to avert global temperature rise, UN-backed study urges

6 May 2021
Climate and Environment

Methane emissions caused by human activity can be reduced by up to 45 per cent this decade, thus helping to keep global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to a UN-backed report published on Thursday.