UN: Countries must close gap between emissions "ambition and reality"

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New study warns that even if governments meet all their climate commitments, the emissions will still be 6 GtCO2e above a safe level

The international community will fall well short of its carbon reduction targets even if governments across the world meet their climate goals in full, a UN report will warn today. Keeping temperatures...

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