According to the United Nations, the policies deployed since the Paris Agreements signed in 2015 are woefully inadequate to keep the rise in temperatures below 1.5°C, as pledged. Scientists believe the current trajectory of emissions will lead to a rise of at least 2.6°C by the end of the century.
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