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COP17 opened in Yerevan on 19 October for the first global review of the 2022 nature framework. Nearly 90% of parties have national targets — but fewer than half of assessed targets are on track, and even full delivery leaves oceans far short of 30%.
UNEP's Emissions Gap Report 2026, published Wednesday, says avoiding an overshoot of 1.5°C is no longer possible. Its lowest-overshoot path peaks at 1.7–1.8°C mid-century — and demands cuts of 18% by 2030, 45% by 2035 and 69% by 2040.
Super pollutants drive around half of today's warming, yet a first global mapping found they received just $9 billion in 2023 — 1 in every 200 dollars of climate mitigation finance. Methane got 4 per cent of what the Global Methane Pledge target requires.
ECCO, Italy's climate think tank, says the country has met just 15 per cent of its 2030 energy transition targets. Renewables are being added at about 7 gigawatts a year where 10 are needed, emissions rose in 2025, and the electric car fleet stands at roughly a tenth of its 2030 objective.
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