The current plans of the countries that have signed the Paris agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions put the world on a path to reduce emissions by only 0.5% in 2030 compared to 2010, far from the reduction required to meet the objectives of the agreement, says an interim summary of nationally determined contributions (NDCs), published on Friday 26 February by the United Nations (UN).
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), this reduction should be 45 or 25%...