 I'm going outside of Africa. Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for an average 2.7 degrees Celsius temperature rise this century. A United Nations report said on Tuesday, this is not a stark warning ahead of crunch climate talks. Government will be in the spotlight at the COP26 conference next week to meet a deadline of this year to commit to more ambitious cut pledges. That could be the last chance to put the world on track to limit in mourning to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and ideally to 1.5 degrees Celsius. As extreme weather events from wildfires to floods have hit countries around the world, a UN report in August warned that global warming could bridge 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next two decades. We are still on track for climate catastrophe, even with the last announcements that were made. The 2021 emissions gap report shows that with the present nationally determined contributions and other firm commitments of countries around the world, we are indeed on track for a catastrophic global temperature rise of around 2.7 degrees Celsius. As the report demonstrates, the world would need seven times more ambition to keep us on the 1.5 degree track. And this is a yawning gap that we must close in eight years. Eight years in which we must increase ambition, make new plans, put in place new policies, implement them and ultimately deliver the cuts. We can still get the job done, but only if we get moving now and only if we take advantage of every opportunity. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.