From UNGA to COP26: What's needed next for climate action

Sep 28, 2021

A protester holding a cardboard cut out of a tree on fire sits blocking the street in front of the United Nations during a 'non-violent resistance' climate change protest organized by Extinction Rebellion, where speakers demanded global leaders take more action before COP 26, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., September 17, 2021.

Image: REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

Nathan Cooper

Lead, Partnerships and Engagement Strategy, Climate Action Platform, World Economic Forum

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This graph shows current government carbon emission reductions targets [or 'Nationally Determined Contributions' (NDCs)] compared to the goals of the Paris Agreement. Targets aim to limit global average temperature rise to well below 2°C above preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Image: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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