While the objective of the Paris Agreement is to keep the increase in the Earth’s temperature well below 2°C by 2100 compared to pre-industrial levels and to aim at below 1.5°C, the world is on the path to warming of at least 3°C, a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released on 18 February points out, once again sounding the alarm.
Calling for “Making Peace With Nature”, this report aims to expose the seriousness of the triple environmental emergency -...