World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says
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Key context: <p>Action needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to organisation’s environment body</p><p>The world needs to cut carbon emissions by nearly a fifth in the next four years, and by close to half within a decade, to avoid overshooting climate targets by a disastrous margin.</p><p>Although the “window has closed” on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/02/global-heating-warming-1-8c-best-case-scenario-un-united-nations-environment-programme-report">holding temperature rises to 1.5C</a>, in line with scientific advice, limiting the “overshoot” of that target is still possible, according to the UN Environment Programme (Unep).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/21/world-cut-emissions-un-climate-crisis">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Action needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to organisation’s environment bodyThe world needs to cut carbon emissions by nearly a fifth in the next four years, and by close to half within a decade, to avoid overshooting climate targets by a disastrous margin.Although the “window has closed” on holding temperature rises to 1.5C, in line with scientific advice, limiting the “overshoot” of that target is still possible, according to the UN Environment Programme (Unep). Continue reading...
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