The Emissions Gap Report 2021, released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), shows that new national climate pledges combined with other mitigation measures put the world on track for a global temperature rise of 2.7°C by the end of the century.
- That is well above the goals of the Paris climate agreement and would lead to catastrophic changes in the Earth’s climate.
- To keep global warming below 1.5°C this century, the aspirational goal of the Paris Agreement, the world needs to halve annual greenhouse gas emissions in the next eight years.
- If implemented effectively, net-zero emissions pledges could limit warming to 2.2°C, closer to the well-below 2°C goal of the Paris Agreement.
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