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Number breached

The count may be symbolic in that it may have come to pass a few weeks or even a year or two ago, but the announcement by the United Nations that the world’s population has this week crossed eight billion is a moment for reflection.

World still on track for 2.7 Celsius rise on current climate plans: UN

The Emissions Gap Report 2021 shows that updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) - the efforts by each country to reduce national emissions made for 2030 would only lead to an additional 7.5 per cent reduction in annual greenhouse emissions in 2030, compared to previous commitments.