UN claims 2030 greenhouse emission goals not enough, world 'on track for climate catastrophe'

With less than one week until world leaders plan to meet in Glasgow for the Climate Change Conference, a UN report released Tuesday revealed goals to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 will not be enough.

But UN scientists have said the world will need to cut emissions by 55% to meet the Paris Climate Agreement and "limit global warming" by 1.5 degrees Celsius – a figure comparable to "pre-industrial levels."

"Less than one week before COP26 in Glasgow, we are still on track for climate catastrophe," UN Secretary-General António Guterres said during a press conference Tuesday.