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World on catastrophic 2.5°C warming pathway this century, UN warns
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A person walks on sand dunes on August 3, 2025, in Death Valley National Park, California. (AP Photo/John Locher)
National commitments to slash heat-trapping pollution would limit global warming up to 2.5°C this century — nowhere near enough to avoid devastating climate impacts, the UN warns.
The world’s collective commitments to tackle climate change, if enacted in full, would result in 2.3°C to 2.5°C of warming by 2100, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says in its annual Emissions Gap report.
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