MAG: ’10 years after the UN Paris Agreement, countries are still missing climate deadlines’ – ‘Emissions have continued to rise’

UN climate pledges miss the mark for Paris goals

The international process to tackle climate change is still alive—but the vital target of restricting warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels under the 2015 Paris Agreement might not be. More than 100 countries submitted their national climate plans to the UN General Assembly meeting in New York. The “nationally determined contribution” policies (NDCs) are crucial for collective global progress to reduce greenhouse emissions. The fact…

MAG: ’10 years after the UN Paris Agreement, countries are still missing climate deadlines’ – ‘Emissions have continued to rise’

By Naveena Sadasivam When the 2015 Paris Agreement was inked nearly a decade ago, it marked a consensus, agreed to by nearly all the countries in the world, that global temperature rise should be l…