"UN Report Exposes Stark Divide: Global Fossil Fuel Production Plans Overshoot Climate Targets"
"UN Report Exposes Stark Divide: Global Fossil Fuel Production Plans Overshoot Climate Targets" Global fossil fuel production for 2030 is projected to be more than double the levels required to meet climate goals outlined in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, according to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and a team of researchers. This revelation, disclosed just ahead of the COP 28 climate meeting scheduled for Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates, underscores a critical gap between production plans and climate objectives. "Fossil fuel phase-out is one of the pivotal issues that will be negotiated at COP 28," emphasizes Ploy Achakulwisut, a scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and a lead author of the report, during a press briefing. "We need countries to commit to a phase-out of all fossil fuels to keep the 1.5C goal alive," she adds. Under the Paris Agreement, nations pledged to limit average temperature rises,...