**UN Climate Report: Time Running Out to Prevent ‘Catastrophic’ Warming**.
**The United Nations has issued a stark warning that the world is running out of time to prevent catastrophic climate change.**.
The new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released on Monday, finds that global temperatures are on track to rise by 2.7 degrees Celsius (4.9 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, even if countries meet their current pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions..
This level of warming would have devastating consequences for the planet, including more extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and widespread food shortages..
**The report finds that the world needs to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030, and reach net-zero emissions by 2050, in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).**.
This is a much more ambitious goal than the current targets set by countries under the Paris Agreement, which aim to limit warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit)..
**The IPCC report warns that the window of opportunity to meet the 1.5-degree target is narrowing rapidly.**.
