There are growing fears the world is set to overshoot climate targets despite promises to reduce emission targets from 120 countries.
An annual UN Emissions Gap report shows the world is on track to hit 2.7 degrees Celsius of warming by the year 2100, with 2021 expecting to be a record-high year for global emissions as economies attempt to bounce back from COVID-19.
Another report from the UN's World Meteorological Organization also found that global average atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record high of 413.2 parts per million in 2020 which is higher than any other time in the past 2 million years.
The data release comes after the announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison who committed Australia to a target of net-zero emissions by 2050