Plans by governments to extract fossil fuels up to 2030

are incompatible with keeping global temperatures to

safe levels, says the UN.
The UNEP production gap report says countries will drill
or mine more than double the levels needed to keep the
1.5C threshold alive.
Oil and gas recovery is set to rise sharply with only a
modest decrease in coal.
There has been little change since the first report was
published in 2019.
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With the COP26 climate conference just over a week away,

there is already a huge focus on the carbon-cutting
ambitions of the biggest emitters.
But despite the flurry of net zero emission goals and the
increased pledges of many countries, some of the biggest
oil, gas and coal producers have not set out plans for the
rapid reductions in fossil fuels that scientists say are
necessary to limit temperatures in coming years.
Earlier this year, researchers from the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned of the dangers
for humanity of allowing temperatures
But instead of curbing carbon, many of the biggest emitting
countries are also planning to significantly increase their
production of fossil fuels, according to the UN.
The production gap report finds that countries plan to
produce around 110% more fossil fuel than would be
compatible with a 1.5C temperature rise by the end of this
century. The plans are around 45% more than what's
needed to keep the temperature rise to 2C.
According to the study, coal production will drop but gas will
increase the most over the next 20 years, to levels that are
simply incompatible with the Paris agreement.
The report profiles 15 major production countries including
Australia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the US and UK.
Most governments continue to provide significant policy
support for fossil fuel production, the authors say.