Nearly 200 countries have adopted the Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to limit global temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
But nearly a decade after the deal was signed, the world still has a lot of work to do to get there.
The Climate Action Tracker is an independent scientific project that measures the world's climate progress.
Their analysis said that current climate policies will lead to global warming of about 2.7 degrees by the end of this century, far exceeding the Paris target.
de Villafranca: “Without additional policies or measures, this situation will determine where the world will go.”
Maria de Villafranca of the New Climate Institute, one of the groups behind the plan, said many countries have already announced ambitious climate targets that go beyond existing policies.
But the tracker found that even if all these targets were met, the world would still be about 1.8 degrees warmer.
de Villafranca: “So it's closer to the 1.5 Paris Agreement target, but not there yet.”
De Villafranca said this highlighted the need for more ambitious climate action. But she is encouraged by the rapid growth of clean energy and electric vehicles.
de Villafranca: “So, there's a lot of very positive things happening… that makes me optimistic that we can do this.”
Reporting credit: Ethan Friedman/ChavoBart Digital Media
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