New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) casts doubt on plans to combat climate change. A study published in Nature  points to a significant gap between the measures nations have promised and what is actually needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C, a key goal of the Paris Agreement.

The research points to a worrying "emissions gap": the amount of CO2 that countries have pledged to remove from the atmosphere by 2050 is 3.2 billion tonnes less than is actually needed to prevent the most serious consequences of climate change. (More on hdblog.it)