Countries must collectively reduce global fossil fuel production by around 6% per year between 2020 and 2030 to limit global warming to +1.5°C, according to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published on Wednesday 2 December.
Co-authored with four research centres (Stockholm Environment Institute, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Overseas Development Institute, and E3G), this report “shows without a doubt that the production and use of coal,...