According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as reported by Reuters, pledges from countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions still fall far short of what is needed to limit catastrophic global warming.

Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) are the plans and progress of countries to bring down national levels of planet-warming carbon emissions. NDCs already submitted by countries to the U.N. are enough to cut global emissions by 2.6% from 2019 to 2030.

However, “they are far from sufficient to achieve the 43% cut that scientists say is required to stay within reach of The Paris Agreement target, which is to limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit).”

The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change. As part of their Paris obligations, nations must deliver new and stronger NDCs before a deadline of February 2025.

"Current national climate plans fall miles short of what's needed to stop global heating from crippling every economy and wrecking billions of lives and livelihoods across every country," said Simon Stiell, UNFCCC secretary general. "The last generation of NDCs set

the signal for unstoppable change. New NDCs next year must outline a clear path to make it happen."