UNEP: World must ratchet up climate ambition to close emissions gap

Madeleine Cuff
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National climate pledges must cut a further 25 per cent off 2030 emissions to hit two-degree targets, major UN Environment report concludes

The Paris Summit may have been a breakthrough moment in global climate diplomacy, but the world still needs to urgently ramp up action to cut greenhouse gas emissions to have any hope of avoiding dangerous...

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