The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
October 26, 2021

U.N. Warns Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit Record High in 2020
--------------------------------------------------------

The United Nations said Monday that greenhouse gas levels hit a record
high in 2020, with clear signs that nations are far off track from the
Paris Climate Agreement's goal of limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees
Celsius. This is Petteri Taalas, head of the World Meteorological
Organization.

Petteri Taalas: "We have again broken records in main greenhouse gases:
carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. … At the moment, we are
heading towards 2.5 to 3 degrees warming rather than 1.5 to 2 degrees."

Meanwhile, a new report finds wealthy nations are falling well short of
their pledge to mobilize $100 billion a year to help poorer nations
adapt to the climate crisis.


.