Signatories to the Paris Agreement agreed to limit global warming to ‘well below’ 2°C this century
Global GHG cuts still well short of 2°C goal – UNFCCC
Synthesis reports shows that, even after the latest round of NDC updates, signatories to the Paris Agreement are not cutting emissions fast enough
Updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement on climate change still fall well short of a pathway that would limit global warming to 2°C this century, according to the latest report from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Emissions reduction contributions to the Paris Agreement are voluntary, but countries are encouraged to update their NDCs periodically to reflect increased climate ambition in the hope that reductions will eventually become large enough to achieve the required overall cuts. But under the latest round of updates—which saw 39 of the 193 parties to the Paris Agreement increase their ambitions—nations are still falling well shor
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