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According to the latest report by United Nations, Greenhouse Gas Emissions may be 12 billion tons by 2030 which is still much higher than the level that is required to keep global warming within the 2-degree Celsius mark. The 6^th Annual U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) presented a report that analyzed each participating country's pledged emissions and climate policies impact ahead of the Paris Summit regarding Global Climate Deal scheduled next month. The report studied if the current pledge and policies are enough to limit the debilitating impact of global warming and maintain the global temperature under 2 degrees this century. To maintain this limit, the global emission levels should not go beyond 42 billion tons in 2030. However, the report said, even if the countries do follow the plan for emission cuts and the plan is fully implemented, even then the emissions can rise up to 54 billion tons which leaves a gap of 12 billion tons, reports Reuters.

According to UNEP Executive, Achim Steiner, "The current (pledges), combined with policies over the last few years, present a real increase in ambition levels and demonstrate an historic level of commitment and engagement by member states in tackling this major global challenge. However, they are not sufficient to limit global temperature rise to the recommended level of 2 degrees Celsius this century, and thus head off the worst impacts of climate change." Last week, UN presented a report that claimed that the plan of 150 countries to cut their greenhouse emissions will not be enough to control the global situation. The plans, also known as INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) will be the main point for summit planned for Paris which is all set to put up a fight against the global warming in the years starting from 2020, reports Morung Express.