![]() ![]() In a measure of the gap between government action and the ever-louder alarms sounded by climate scientists, the United Nations Development Program said 14 nations representing a quarter of global emissions have signalled that they do not intend to revise current climate plans by 2020. Phase out fossil fuel support, Guterres urges While some countries have made progress, some of the biggest emitting ones remain far behind, even as wildfires, heat waves and record temperatures have provided glimpses of the devastation that could lie in store in a warmer world. Pledges made under the agreement are nowhere near enough to avert catastrophic warming, scientists say, and last year carbon emissions hit a record high. The Paris agreement will enter a crucial implementation phase next year after another round of negotiations in Chile in December. WATCH: The National's story on Greta Thunberg slamming world leaders at the UN climate summit.If managed well, urban forests could reduce air temperatures and cut the cost of air conditioning, the FAO said. More specific details are expected to be released later in the week. The initial plan is to support 90 cities in 30 countries in Africa and Asia to create green areas, said FAO director-general Qu Dongyu in a statement. 'Drastic actions' urged by UN agency as global average temperature rises higherĪs well, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) unveiled plans to plant urban forests over an area four times the size of Hong Kong, seeking to make Africa and Asia's rapidly growing cities greener. ![]()
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