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The international community needs to be six times more ambitious than it has been in the past year if it wants to avoid catastrophic climate change and keep global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.
If fulfilled, the latest round of climate pledges made by countries would result in an additional emissions reduction of 5.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, compared with the initial round of commitments, according to a report by nonprofit World Resources Institute released on Wednesday.
“Countries have expanded their targets to cover more sectors and more types of greenhouse gases,” lead author Taryn Fransen said in a statement. But “the emissions impact of these improvements has been modest—more than 85% of the improvement has come from large countries ratcheting up the stringency of their existing targets.”
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