UN: Weak 2030 national climate plans put world 'very far' from meeting Paris goals

Cecilia Keating
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UN urges countries to submit tougher climate plans to meet Paris goals and prevent climate catastrophe

The United Nations has sounded the alarm that the world is falling "far short" of the goals set out in the Paris Agreement, warning that the wave of enhanced national climate plans published last year...

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