Climate Changed
UN Calls Global Climate Outlook ‘Bleak’
Greenhouse gas emissions are rising and the window for action closing. Still, there are some hopeful trends.
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The world has refused to slash its collective greenhouse gas emissions, narrowing the planet’s pathway back to a safe climate.
Authors of an annual United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report published Tuesday were uncharacteristically direct in their 2019 assessment of the gap between actual and desirable emissions levels.