<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b class="">The Wall Street Journal </b><b class="" style="caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(115, 115, 115);">November 27, 2018</b></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">Nations’ Pledges to Cut Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Fall Short, U.N. Says</b></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Current commitments put the world on a path to catastrophic climate change, new assessment concludes</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 128, 195); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 128, 195);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><i class="">By</i> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i class="">Timothy Puko</i></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 17px;"><b class="">1st 2 paragraphs</b></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">WASHINGTON—Promises from nations around the world to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions f<span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);">all far short of what is necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change</span>, according to a new United Nations report that urges more-ambitious commitments to curb global warming.</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The U.N. assessment, a progress report on climate-change mitigation, suggests </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);">current commitments put global temperatures on pace to rise 3 degrees </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Celsius </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);"><b class="">by </b></span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">2100. That is nearly double what many scientists say is the most the world can handle without destruction of...</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Full story behind paywall</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^’^^^^^^^^</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><span class="" style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">CNN </b></span><span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><b class="">November 27, 2018</b></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><b class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">World is woefully short of 2 degree goal for climate change, according to UN report</b></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(115, 115, 115); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><b class="">By </b><a href="https://www.cnn.com/profiles/brandon-miller" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 101, 152); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 101, 152);"><b class="">Brandon Miller</b></span></a><b class="">, CNN Meteorologist</b></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(115, 115, 115); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(115, 115, 115); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Updated 12:45 PM ET, Tue </span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(115, 115, 115); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/world/climate-change-un-emission-report-2018-wxc/index.html" class="">https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/world/climate-change-un-emission-report-2018-wxc/index.html</a></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(115, 115, 115); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); min-height: 17px;"><b class="">Excerpts</b></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><span class="" style="font-size: 14.4px; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);">A 3.2 degree warmer world</span><span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.4px;"> </span><font size="4" class="">by </font></b></span><span class="" style="font-size: 14.4px; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);">the end of this century</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14.4px; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"> would bring about <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/health/climate-change-impact-by-region/index.html" class=""><span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 101, 152);">many of the dire consequences </span></a>for human health, global economies and sea level rise that are projected from the "higher-emission" scenarios (also known as worst-case scenarios).</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The <a href="https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2018" class=""><span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 101, 152);">2018 Emissions Gap Report</span></a> is the flagship annual report from the UN Environment Program and acts as a report card on how countries are doing on their individual contributions to the Paris Climate Agreement.</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">This year's report shows the largest gap ever, resulting from increasing emissions and slow action to mitigate.</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(115, 115, 115); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); -webkit-font-kerning: none;">According to Tuesday's report, </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);">global emissions of CO2 in 2017</span><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); -webkit-font-kerning: none;"> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);">were</span><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); -webkit-font-kerning: none;"> 53.5 gigatons (a gigaton is 1 billion tons),</span><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">t</span></span><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0); -webkit-font-kerning: none;">he most ever released into the atmosphere</span><span style="font-size: 14.4px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);" class="">.</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/world/climate-change-un-emission-report-2018-wxc/index.html" class="">https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/world/climate-change-un-emission-report-2018-wxc/index.html</a></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="">
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