The annual Emissions Gap report from the UN Environment Program was published in advance of the COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan and the impending deadline for nations to revise and enhance their carbon-cutting pledges.
According to the UN, the current crop of climate plans has set the globe on course for catastrophic warming, putting humanity at risk of catastrophic outcomes and irreversible tipping points in the oceans and on land. This is why new targets are important. Emissions should be declining, but they are continually increasing. And quickly.
