The world is slated to fall far short of the goals of the Paris Agreementon climate change under the current pledges of countries that are signatories to the deal, the United Nations Environment Programmereported Tuesday. The picture is even bleaker when current policiesare taken into consideration, the report said."Our collective failure to act strongly and early means that we mustnow implement deep and urgent cuts," United Nations EnvironmentProgramme Executive Director Inger Andersen said in a letter attached tothe report. She argued that "major transformation of our societies andeconomies we need can still happen," and noted that some countries,local governments and private sector companies are stepping up.
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