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The UN environment body says the world is on course for roughly 2.6 to 2.8C of warming and must cut emissions by 18% within four years to get back on track. The Financial Times reports that US emissions have risen.
The UN Environment Programme publishes an annual Emissions Gap Report that compares countries' climate pledges with the cuts needed to meet the Paris Agreement temperature goals. It measures how far projected emissions fall short of those goals.
The UN environment body says the world must cut emissions by 18% in four years to get back on track. Reports put projected warming at 2.6C (Daily Sabah) to 2.8C (Financial Times), and the Financial Times says US emissions have risen.