<p>International climate pledges remain far off track to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a report released by the United Nations Wednesday, less than two weeks ahead of high-stakes negotiations to tackle global warming.</p>.<p>"We are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emission reductions required to put us on track toward a 1.5 degrees Celsius world," said Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change, referring to the more ambitious goal of the 2015 Paris climate deal.</p>.<p>"To keep this goal alive, national governments need to strengthen their climate action plans now and implement them in the next eight years."</p>
<p>International climate pledges remain far off track to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a report released by the United Nations Wednesday, less than two weeks ahead of high-stakes negotiations to tackle global warming.</p>.<p>"We are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emission reductions required to put us on track toward a 1.5 degrees Celsius world," said Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change, referring to the more ambitious goal of the 2015 Paris climate deal.</p>.<p>"To keep this goal alive, national governments need to strengthen their climate action plans now and implement them in the next eight years."</p>