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The 2015 Paris Agreement aimed to limit warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, with 2°C as a fallback. Turkey hosts the COP31 climate summit.
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The United Nations said the world is on track for up to 2.8°C of warming despite fast growth in clean energy. It said missing the Paris Agreement goal of 1.5°C is now inevitable. The UN blamed "decades of insufficient climate action."
Why it matters: Warming at this level would bring more heat waves, floods and crop losses worldwide.
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The UN Environment Programme said current commitments fall far short of the Paris goal and put the world on track for 2.6C of warming this century, with the 1.5C limit set to be breached. NPR reported the UN also found a major increase in US climate pollution.
Why it matters: The report frames negotiations at the next UN climate summit on national emissions targets.
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