U.N. Assessment Finds Paris Goals Badly Off Course

A new United Nations report concludes that current climate policies would produce 2.8 degrees Celsius of warming this century, far beyond the Paris Agreement target. It warns that the world is nearing a 1.5 C overshoot, with growing risks of tipping points, and that limiting the overshoot would require steep emissions cuts and massive carbon removal. The report also highlights faster-than-expected renewable energy growth, particularly solar.