UN warns global carbon emission must be cut 42% by 2030 to meet Paris Agreement targets

UN warns global carbon emission must be cut 42% by 2030 to meet Paris Agreement targets Nations urged to accelerate economy-wide, low-carbon development transformations ATHENS The UN Environment Program (UNEP) warned on Monday that global carbon emissions must be cut by 42% by the end of the decade to meet the Paris Agreement’s benchmark of keeping climate change below 1.5C. In its annual emission gas report, the report said, “Predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions must fall by 28 per cent …