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World 'failing to get a grip' on planet-heating emissions, UN report claims

Emissions-producing diesel trucks and cars pass non-polluting windmills along the 10 freeway near Banning, California. (Illustration photo) © Getty Images via AFP - David McNew

The world is "failing to get a grip" on climate change, the UN warned Tuesday, as an assessment of current climate pledges shows only minor progress on reducing emissions this decade. Climate plans will cut emissions 2 percent by 2030, instead of 43 percent goal, it said.

In a report released just weeks before high-stakes climate negotiations, the United Nations climate change organisation (UNFCCC) said the world was failing to act with sufficient urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

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