World is way off track on climate goals, UN agency says

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World Meteorological Organization report shows that carbon dioxide levels surged in 2020, rising more than the average rate over the last decade

Geneva/Glasgow — Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is “way off track” on climate goals, the UN weather agency said on Monday, showing the scale of the task facing governments scrambling to avert dangerous levels of warming.

“We are way off track,” he said. “We need to revisit our industrial, energy and transport systems and whole way of life,” he added, calling for a “dramatic increase” in commitments at the COP26 conference beginning on Sunday. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said on Saturday that the world’s top oil exporter aims to reach “net zero” emissions of greenhouse gases, mostly produced by burning fossil fuels, by 2060 — 10 years later than the US.Australia’s cabinet was expected to formally adopt a target for net zero emissions by 2050 when it meets on Monday to review a reached between parties in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s coalition government, official sources told Reuters.

 

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