Climate change: Scientists have long predicted climate disruption will lead to more extreme weather, such as heatwaves, droughts and floods
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The latest climate commitments from 165 of the 192 countries that are signatories to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement would still lead to a global temperature rise of 2.7°C by the end of the century, according to an updated United Nations analysis of climate commitments and their impacts.
Major emitters including China and India, remain among those 27 countries to have not yet submitted any updated commitments at all in advance of the decisive days of the Glasgow Climate Conference (COP26), which begins on Sunday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on China to present an “ambitious” contribution at COP 26.
Guterres also said the UN also fully supports the Chinese presidency of the COP15 Biodiversity Conference, happening in Kunming 25 April-8 May of next year. For him, “ambition on biodiversity and climate are mutually reinforcing.”
“Both in Glasgow and Kunming, we must do our part to make peace with nature and safeguard our planet for future generations”, he added.
The analysis of all “Nationally Determined Commitments” to have been received so far by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) found that global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions would still increase by about 16% by 2030, as compared to 2010 – even if all of the commitments were met.
“Comparison to the latest findings by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that such an increase, unless changed quickly, may lead to a temperature rise of about 2.7°C by the end of the century,” said a UNFCCC press statement.
The updated analysis was published ahead of the COP26 to ensure that countries have the latest information at hand on the impact political commitments so far would make to climate trends, UNFCCC said.
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