The planet is on a 'catastrophic' global warming path, UN report shows

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The planet is careening toward warming of 2.7 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels — far above what scientists say the world should be targeting, according to a report on global emissions targets by the UN

. KNP Complex Fire is here burning near the Giant Forest, home in California to more than 2,000 giant sequoias. Credit: Noah Berger/AP The planet is careening toward warming of 2.7 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels — far above what scientists say the world should be targeting — according to aScientists have said that the planet needs to slash 45% of its emissions by 2030 to reach carbon neutrality by mid-century.

The report comes after a summer filled with climate change-fueled extreme weather around the world: While the Western US has been battered by wildfires, worsened by unrelenting drought, flooding events and hurricanes, China and Germany experienced deadly flooding events in July as Southern Europe battled wildfires of its own.

According to the UN's interim NDC registry, there are currently 191 parties to the Paris Agreement, all of whom have submitted their first NDCs. Eritrea is the only country that has not yet become a party to the Paris Agreement, but has submitted its own NDC. But only 59% of the parties have submitted new or updated NDCs, according to the UN.

 

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