UN says emissions pledges not enough

By Matthew Green
Updated February 27 2021 - 12:39am, first published 12:36am
A UN report suggests countries need to make larger cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
A UN report suggests countries need to make larger cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

Pledges made so far under the 2015 Paris accord would deliver less than a 1 per cent reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 - a fraction of the 45 per cent cut needed to avert catastrophic climate change, a UN report says.

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