World’s Greenhouse Gas Pledges Insufficient, UN Says
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National pledges to cut greenhouse gases by 2020 fall short of reductions needed to limit the rise in global temperatures, according to a report released by the United Nations Environment Program.
Targets in the nonbinding agreement reached in Copenhagen last year would deliver about 60 percent of the cuts needed to keep the world from warming by 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than in pre-industrial times, according to the study released today