The pledges tabled on global greenhouse gas emissions to 2030 fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2016, published on Thursday 3 November, the day before the Paris Agreement comes into force, sounds the alarm. It says that the world must urgently increase action to cut a further 25% from predicted 2030 emissions. The reason is simple: even with the...