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Headlines Across the World -- Slash emissions now or face climate disaster, UN warns
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<big><big><big>Headlines Across the World -- Slash emissions now or face climate disaster, UN warns</big></big></big>
  
  
Paris (AFP) - The world will miss its chance to avert climate disaster without an immediate and all-but-impossible fall in fossil fuel emissions, the UN said Tuesday in its annual assessment on greenhouse gases.
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''Paris (AFP) - The world will miss its chance to avert climate disaster without an immediate and all-but-impossible fall in fossil fuel emissions, the UN said Tuesday in its annual assessment on greenhouse gases.''
  
The United Nations Environment Programme said that global emissions need to fall by 7.6 percent each year until 2030 to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C.
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''The United Nations Environment Programme said that global emissions need to fall by 7.6 percent each year until 2030 to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C.''
  
The harsh reality is that emissions have risen on average 1.5 percent annually over the last decade, hitting a record 55.3 billion tonnes of CO2 or equivalent greenhouse gases in 2018 -- three years after 195 countries signed the Paris treaty on climate change.
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''The harsh reality is that emissions have risen on average 1.5 percent annually over the last decade, hitting a record 55.3 billion tonnes of CO2 or equivalent greenhouse gases in 2018 -- three years after 195 countries signed the Paris treaty on climate change.''
  
The World Meterological Organization said Monday that atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations hit an all-time record in 2018.
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''The World Meterological Organization said Monday that atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations hit an all-time record in 2018.''
  
The Paris deal committed nations to limit temperature rises above pre-industrial levels to "well below" 2C, and to a safer 1.5-C if at all possible.
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''The Paris deal committed nations to limit temperature rises above pre-industrial levels to "well below" 2C, and to a safer 1.5-C if at all possible.''
  
To do so they agreed on the need to reduce emissions and work towards a low-carbon world within decades.
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''To do so they agreed on the need to reduce emissions and work towards a low-carbon world within decades.''
  
Yet the UN found that even taking into account current Paris pledges, the world is on track for a 3.2C temperature rise, something scientists fear could tear at the fabric of society.
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''Yet the UN found that even taking into account current Paris pledges, the world is on track for a 3.2C temperature rise, something scientists fear could tear at the fabric of society.''
  
Even if every country made good on its promises, Earth's "carbon budget" for a 1.5-C rise -- the amount we can emit to stay below a certain temperature threshold -- would be exhausted within a decade.
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''Even if every country made good on its promises, Earth's "carbon budget" for a 1.5-C rise -- the amount we can emit to stay below a certain temperature threshold -- would be exhausted within a decade.''
  
In its own words, the UN assessment is "bleak".
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''In its own words, the UN assessment is "bleak".
  
  
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What's Needed Over Next Decade Is 'Unprecedented': UN Environment Program releases annual Emissions Gap Report  
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<big>What's Needed Over Next Decade Is 'Unprecedented': UN Environment Program releases annual Emissions Gap Report</big>
  
  
Countries urgently need to ramp up emissions cuts to meet climate targets: New U.N. report urges much deeper cuts ahead of 2020 climate talks
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<big>Countries urgently need to ramp up emissions cuts to meet climate targets: New U.N. report urges much deeper cuts ahead of 2020 climate talks</big>
  
  
World’s Emissions Gap Is Growing, with No Sign of Peaking Soon: 'We need to catch up on the years in which we procrastinated. If we do not do this, the 1.5°C goal will be out of reach before 2030.'
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<big>World’s Emissions Gap Is Growing, with No Sign of Peaking Soon: 'We need to catch up on the years in which we procrastinated. If we do not do this, the 1.5°C goal will be out of reach before 2030.'</big>
  
  
Greenhouse emissions hit new record, could bring 'destructive' effects
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<big>Greenhouse emissions hit new record, could bring 'destructive' effects</big>
 
   
 
   
  
'Mobilisation on World War Two scale required to achieve climate targets'
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<big>'Mobilisation on World War Two scale required to achieve climate targets'</big>
  
  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Still Rising, U.N. Report Says -- The annual report compares how clean the world's economies are to how clean they need to be to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change — a disparity known as the "emissions gap." This year's U.N. report describes more of a chasm than a gap.
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<big>Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Still Rising, U.N. Report Says -- The annual report compares how clean the world's economies are to how clean they need to be to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change — a disparity known as the "emissions gap." This year's U.N. report describes more of a chasm than a gap.</big>
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Revision as of 19:47, 26 November 2019

Headlines Across the World -- Slash emissions now or face climate disaster, UN warns


Paris (AFP) - The world will miss its chance to avert climate disaster without an immediate and all-but-impossible fall in fossil fuel emissions, the UN said Tuesday in its annual assessment on greenhouse gases.

The United Nations Environment Programme said that global emissions need to fall by 7.6 percent each year until 2030 to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C.

The harsh reality is that emissions have risen on average 1.5 percent annually over the last decade, hitting a record 55.3 billion tonnes of CO2 or equivalent greenhouse gases in 2018 -- three years after 195 countries signed the Paris treaty on climate change.

The World Meterological Organization said Monday that atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations hit an all-time record in 2018.

The Paris deal committed nations to limit temperature rises above pre-industrial levels to "well below" 2C, and to a safer 1.5-C if at all possible.

To do so they agreed on the need to reduce emissions and work towards a low-carbon world within decades.

Yet the UN found that even taking into account current Paris pledges, the world is on track for a 3.2C temperature rise, something scientists fear could tear at the fabric of society.

Even if every country made good on its promises, Earth's "carbon budget" for a 1.5-C rise -- the amount we can emit to stay below a certain temperature threshold -- would be exhausted within a decade.

In its own words, the UN assessment is "bleak".


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What's Needed Over Next Decade Is 'Unprecedented': UN Environment Program releases annual Emissions Gap Report


Countries urgently need to ramp up emissions cuts to meet climate targets: New U.N. report urges much deeper cuts ahead of 2020 climate talks


World’s Emissions Gap Is Growing, with No Sign of Peaking Soon: 'We need to catch up on the years in which we procrastinated. If we do not do this, the 1.5°C goal will be out of reach before 2030.'


Greenhouse emissions hit new record, could bring 'destructive' effects


'Mobilisation on World War Two scale required to achieve climate targets'


Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Still Rising, U.N. Report Says -- The annual report compares how clean the world's economies are to how clean they need to be to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change — a disparity known as the "emissions gap." This year's U.N. report describes more of a chasm than a gap.


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