For the world to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the 200 countries who signed the Paris climate agreement must hit a target of 43% reduction by 2030. Yet according to a recent report by the United Nations agency tasked with tackling global warming, the planet is currently on track to just hit a measly 2.6% reduction in carbon emissions.
The agency in question, UN Climate Change, analyzed the carbon cutting plans as submitted by the almost 200 countries involved in the 2015 accord. If they do not significantly accelerate their carbon reduction plans, it will be impossible to keep the planet’s total warming below 1.5º C hotter than pre-industrial levels.
