All Eyes on Belém: UN Report Warns of Climate Failure
World leaders arriving in Belém at the end of this week for the Leaders Summit ahead of COP must scale up ambition and act with urgency - there’s no time to lose.
World leaders arriving in Belém at the end of this week for the Leaders Summit ahead of COP must scale up ambition and act with urgency - there’s no time to lose.
According to the report's findings, current pledges would collectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions by only 17% below 2019 levels by 2035, a fraction of the roughly 60% global reduction required to limit warming to 1.5°C.
The research shows that fossil fuels produced by the world’s biggest oil and gas companies, including ExxonMobil, BP, Saudi Aramco and Shell, have directly intensified and increased the frequency of heatwaves across the globe.