Emissions continue to go up and up

The World

A UN emissions gap report released today shows that, despite countries’ pledges to cut carbon emissions in the Paris Agreement, those emissions continue to rise exponentially. And the world is off-track from its goal of limiting carbon emissions to well below 2 degrees Celsius. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Environment Correspondent Carolyn Beeler.  

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