Current climate plans remain insufficient to prevent extreme global warming

“Governments are still taking small steps forward to curb the climate crisis, but they should be taking bolder action,” said Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the U.N.’s climate change department

Just two weeks before the start of the Dubai climate summit (COP28), the most important diplomatic meeting on climate policy, a new scientific report from the United Nations is sounding a new red flag. The plans currently on the table to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are insufficient to prevent extreme global warming. “Governments continue to take small steps forward to curb the climate crisis, but they should be taking bolder action,” said Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the United Nations climate change department. The report, published on Tuesday, focused on analysing the 195 national plans submitted to date to reduce emissions.

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