Globally, far too much fossil fuel production is planned to be produced by 2030 to meet the Paris Agreement's temperature targets. The UN Environment Programme, Unep, said this on Wednesday, according to the Reuters news agency.
According to Unep, countries around the world will produce 45 percent more oil, coal and natural gas during the period than the Paris Agreement's target of keeping global warming below 2.0 degrees Celsius allows. According to the agreement, which was signed in the French capital in 2015, efforts must be made to keep the temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
But the production plans for fossil fuels are 110 percent higher than what would be consistent with meeting the target. The report from Unep is based on analyses of 15 major countries' plans for fossil fuel production.
Despite efforts to strengthen climate goals by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from, among other things, fossil fuels, according to Unep, the 15 countries are expected to increase their production continuously until 2040.
The report from the UN Environment Programme comes ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, which begins on October 31. Ploy Achakulwisut, one of the lead authors of the report, calls for immediate action from the world's major oil, gas and coal producers.
- Global oil and gas production must start falling immediately, and it must be sharp to be consistent with limiting long-term warming to 1.5 degrees, he says.
In May, the International Energy Agency (IEA) called for a freeze on investment in new oil, coal and gas projects if the world is to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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