Earth will warm 2.7 degrees Celsius based on current pledges to cut emissions
On the eve of a major climate meeting, a U.N. report flags too little progress reining in warming
To forestall the worst effects of global warming, the world’s nations need to make much bigger cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions (including from gas flares, such as at this Texas oil field) than they’re currently promising to do, a new U.N. report states.