The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has found that Members’ implementation plans for reduction in emissions levels ‘fall far short of what is required’.
In a report published on 26 February 2021, the UNFCCC found that global carbon emissions need to decline by 45 per cent from the 2010 level by 2030 in order to keep within the Paris Climate Accord Agreement goal of 1.5 degrees.
The current trajectory of global commitments will see emissions reduced by only 0.5 per cent by 2030.