‘It’s not fast enough. It’s not big enough. There’s not enough action.’

Global emissions of carbon dioxide are rising again after several years of remaining flat. The United States, under President Trump, is planning to withdraw from the Paris accord and is expected to see emissions increase by 1.8 percent this year, after a three-year string of declines. Other countries, too, are showing signs they might fail to live up to the pledges they made in Paris.

In short, the world is off target.

"It’s not fast enough. It’s not big enough," said Corinne Le Quéré, director of the Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research in England. "There’s not enough action."

by Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney

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