The Heat Is On: Emissions Gap Report 2021

In 2021, as climate impacts intensified around the world, and the IPCC warned we have a 50% chance of surpassing 1.5°C within two decades, there was still hope that COP26 could become a turning point on climate action. However, the new and updated commitments under the Paris Agreement fail to pledge the necessary sweeping and immediate cuts to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.