The Cop30 climate conference will take place in Belem, Brazil, from next Monday, November 10th. Photograph: Wagner Meier/Getty Images)
Only modest progress has been made by countries on climate pledges to reduce carbon emissions, “leaving the world heading for a serious escalation of climate risks and damages”, the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) warns in its latest evaluation.
As world leaders including Taoiseach Micheál Martin gather in the Amazon city of Belém in Brazil for a summit on Thursday in advance of Cop30, the UNEP says global warming projections over this century are now at 2.3 to 2.5 degrees above p
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