We are far from achieving global climate goals

The world is a long way from solving the climate crisis, but the United Nations expressed hope on Wednesday that artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies will help tackle these huge challenges. In a new report, the United Nations has warned that the goals set out in the 2015 Paris climate agreement to keep global temperature increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels appear to be out of reach with catastrophic consequences. The multi-agency report "United in Science", coordinated by the UN's World Meteorological Organization, highlighted that greenhouse gas concentrations have reached record levels, leading to future temperature increases.

"The science is clear: We are far from meeting global climate goals," WMO chief Celeste Saulo told reporters in Geneva.

If current policies do not change, the report warned that there is now a two-thirds chance of global warming reaching 3°C this century.

Saulo said 2023 was already the hottest year on record "by a huge margin" and the first eight months of this year followed the same trend. (More on phys.org)