Current climate policies don’t go far enough

Greenhouse gas emissions need to fall almost immediately to put the world on a path to limiting warming to around 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. Under nations’ current policies, warming would rise by about 5 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100.

1 The world’s nations generated 54 gigatons of greenhouse gases in 2020.

2 To limit warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, emissions would need to fall almost by half by 2030.

3 Current climate policies would lead to around a 5 degree Fahrenheit rise in global temperatures by 2100.

Climate policy and warming projections display the likely range of potential outcomes.