Pledges and policies: are we on track to meet climate goals?
Author(s)
Rogelj, Joeri
Lamboll, Robin
Jennifer, Bird
Type
Report
Abstract
Key points:
• Current pledges and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions put the world on a high-
risk climate track, towards warming levels of 2.8°C by the end of this century.
• In the most optimistic assessment, where all current climate pledges and policies are
delivered, temperatures are projected to be kept to 1.9°C over the 21st century.
• Current pledges and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions put the world on a high-
risk climate track, towards warming levels of 2.8°C by the end of this century.
• In the most optimistic assessment, where all current climate pledges and policies are
delivered, temperatures are projected to be kept to 1.9°C over the 21st century.
Date Issued
2025-11-03
Citation
2025
Publisher
Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
Copyright Statement
© 2025 The Author(s). This work is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence. This licence permits all or part of the work to be copied and shared with others, provided that the original authors and source are credited. The full licence is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Subjects
Climate science
Publication Status
Published