World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds

Only 100 countries have submitted plans to slash fossil fuel emissions at this year’s Cop conference, with those cuts that have been submitted very much insufficient to address the climate crisis. Photograph: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6C increase in temperature as countries have not made sufficiently strong climate pledges, while emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high, two major reports have found.

Despite their promises, governments’ new emission-cutting plans submitted for the Cop30 climate talks taking place in Brazil have done little to avert dangerous global heating for the fourth consecutive year, according to the Climate Action Tracker update.