UN calls for faster emissions cuts before COP31
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Business Day (South Africa)
A UN report estimates that current policies would lead to warming of 2.8°C by 2100, compared with 2.6°C if national commitments are met. Published ahead of COP31 in Turkey, it calls for climate action to be strengthened rapidly, according to the UN report.
The UN report on global warming estimates that current policies would lead to a 2.8°C rise in temperatures by 2100, with a 66% probability. Even if the national contributions pledged by countries were fully implemented, warming would still reach 2.6°C, according to the report published ahead of COP31 in Antalya, Turkey.
The report recommends cutting global greenhouse gas emissions by 18% by 2030, 45% by 2035 and 69% by 2040, compared with 2025 levels. By comparison, full implementation of the new national contributions submitted by about two-thirds of countries would reduce emissions by only 5% to 8% in 2030 and 11% to 15% in 2035, according to the UN.
COP31, the UN's annual climate conference, opened in Turkey on 6 November for negotiations notably concerning the phase-out of fossil fuels, according to COP31 opens in Turkey over fossil fuel phase-out.
