UN report card on Paris goals gives 75 governments a 'fail' mark

"That simply is not good enough," said Patricia Espinosa, urging governments - including those that have already updated their plans - to come up with larger promised cuts before COP26

Updated plans to reduce emissi­ons, submitted so far by about 75 nations ahead of November's COP26 summit, barely make a dent in the huge cuts needed to meet global climate goals, the UN climate chief said on Friday, calling for redoubled efforts.

A UN report summarising the revised climate action plans - covering about 40 per cent of countries in the 2015 Paris Agreement and 30 per cent of planet-heating emissions - said they would deliver a combined emissions reduction of only 0.5 per cent from 2010 levels by 2030.

"That simply is not good enough," said Patricia Espinosa, urging governments -