UN calls for 45% cut in emissions by 2035: governments reach COP31 far from the goal

National commitments would barely reduce emissions by 11% to 15% by 2035 compared to 2025. COP31 faces the challenge of accelerating measures and financing in the face of warming that aggravates disasters.

COP31 will open on November 9 in Antalya with a distance that current promises fail to close. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) proposes reducing global emissions by 45% by 2035 compared to 2025, while national commitments would only allow them to be cut by 11% to 15%, even if they are fully met. The difference has consequences for future warming. According to the organization, current policies put the planet on track for 2.8°C this century. Its least-overrun scenario seeks to limit the maximum to between 1.7 and 1.8°C and return to 1.5°C or less by 2100, with approximately a 50% probability. To do this, it requires sharp cuts and a growing removal of CO2 from the atmosphere.

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