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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

‘Crunch time for real’: UN says time for climate delays has run out

People walk along the dry bed of the Solimoes river in the Manacapuru region, Amazonas, Brazil
People walk along the dry bed of the Solimões Tiver in the Manacapuru region of Amazonas in Brazil. The water level continues to drop every day owing to a drought affecting the region. Photograph: Raphael Alves/EPA

The huge cuts in carbon emissions now needed to end the climate crisis mean it is “crunch time for real”, according to the UN’s environment chief.

An unprecedented global mobilisation of renewable energy, forest protection and other measures is needed to steer the world off the current path towards a catastrophic temperature rise of 3.1C, a report from the UN environment programme (Unep) has found. Extreme heatwaves, storms, droughts and floods are already ravaging communities with less than 1.5C of global heating to date.

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