"Off Target," "Broken Record," "Closing Window": the UN Environment Programme's flagship reports have been warning for years that emissions must fall faster to avoid dangerous climate impacts -- but is the world listening?

UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen thinks so, pointing to progress made since the Paris Agreement a decade ago, but says nations must go further, and wean off fossil fuels.

The Danish economist, in Brazil for the marathon COP30 climate talks, is no stranger to the pitfalls of environmental diplomacy, having presided over tense plastic treaty talks that collapsed in August.

Andersen spoke with AFP on the sidelines of the UN's annual climate summit about finding common ground, the need for deadlines, and why she wishes the United States was present in Belem.

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