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UN warns rapid emissions cuts needed to achieve 1.5C climate goal, current pledges insufficient

UN warns rapid emissions cuts needed to achieve 1.5C climate goal, current pledges insufficient

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The current pace of climate action is inadequate to meet the goals of limiting catastrophic global warming. According to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the world is "paying a terrible price" for inaction on global warming, with a projected 3.1C of warming this century. National pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions fall significantly short of what is needed, with only a 2.6 percent reduction in global emissions by 2030, compared to the 43 percent cut required to stay within the Paris Agreement target of limiting global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Global greenhouse gas concentrations reached new record highs in 2023, with levels of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide all increasing last year.

Celeste Saulo
UN World Meteorological Organization
1. These are more than just statistics. Every part per million and every fraction of a degree temperature increase has a real impact on our lives and our planet.
2. This should set alarm bells ringing among decision-makers.
Pablo Vieira
NDC Partnership
1. What we are seeing is that in some cases, [the NDC process] might be used as a negotiating mechanism – more money for more ambition.
2. They also want to make sure that the new NDCs are investable, that they have the necessary elements that will attract not just public finance, but also private.
Simon Stiell
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
1. The report's findings are stark but not surprising – current national climate plans fall miles short of what's needed to stop global heating from crippling every economy, and wrecking billions of lives and livelihoods across every country.
2. New NDCs next year must outline a clear path to make it happen.
3. The last generation of NDCs set the signal for unstoppable change.
4. Current national climate plans fall miles short of what's needed to stop global heating from crippling every economy and wrecking billions of lives and livelihoods across every country.
António Guterres
United Nations
1. Around the world, people are paying a terrible price.
2. But there can be no more playing for time. We're out of time.
3. Either leaders bridge the emissions gap, or we plunge headlong into climate disaster, with the poorest and most vulnerable suffering the most.
Tracy Carty
1. These reports are an historical litany of negligence from the world's leaders to tackle the climate crisis with the urgency it demands, but it's not too late to take corrective action.
David King
Climate Crisis Advisory Group
1. To avoid a scenario in which humanity will struggle to survive intact, nations must use the window of opportunity over the coming year.

UN warns rapid emissions cuts needed to achieve 1.5C climate goal, current pledges insufficient

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