World is on track for 2.4 degrees of warming despite COP26 pledges, analysis finds

Climate Action Tracker warned greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 will be roughly twice as high as what's necessary to limit warming to 1.5 degrees.

The watchdog Climate Action Tracker (CAT) warned on Tuesday that global greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 will still be roughly twice as high as what's necessary to limit warming to 1.5 degrees — a threshold scientists have said the planet should stay under to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis.

The net-zero goals of 40 countries account for 85% of global emissions cuts, but the group found only 6% of those emissions were backed up by concrete plans.