U.N. sees world’s emissions falling 10% by 2035, far short of 60% goal

Global emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases are expected to fall by about 10 percent by 2035, compared with 1990 levels, representing the first decline ever forecast by the United Nations. But the world remains well off course to keeping global warming below the 1.5C leaders committed to when they signed the Paris Agreement a decade ago.

“Humanity is now clearly bending the emissions curve downwards for the first time, although still not nearly fast enough,” Simon Stiell, executive secretary at the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said on Tuesday. “We have a serious need for more speed.”

Carbon emissions are already impacting people’s lives and economies, with droughts, storms and heat waves killing thousands and causing billions of dollars in economic losses