Annual Review 2015 - 19

Emissions need to peak by this date for a reasonable chance of keeping below 1.5°C of warming. All countries must submit long-term low-emission development strategies and new or updated climate change targets for 2030. Countries will come back to the table to review and update their commitments in line with the 1.5-2°C goal. 2018 2020 Current emissions targets for 2030 are 35 per cent too high, so they urgently need to be strengthened. WWF and many others are calling for 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 with fossil fuel use completely phased out in a just transition. 2050 2030 2015 All countries sign up to a global climate deal that aims to limit temperature rise to well below 2°C, while pursuing efforts to keep below 1.5°C; 186 countries submit voluntary climate action plans to the UN. The Paris Agreement incorporates several key WWF priorities: EMISSIONS Greenhouse-gas emissions should peak "as soon as possible". All countries are called upon to develop long-term low-emission development plans and to update their climate change efforts every five years in line with the latest science, while an action platform is established to bring forward urgent action. FINANCE In addition to rich government providing US$100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020, all have to ensure systemic change by "shifting the trillions"; they have to also finance the energy transition, protect forests and other ecosystems, and support the most vulnerable. 2013 At the climate talks in Warsaw, frustrated by the lack of progress and the influence of polluting industries, WWF and other civil society organizations walk out in protest. CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS A Global Goal on Adaptation seeks to strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change, while a standalone article on Loss and Damage helps to safeguard vulnerable people and ecosystems when adaptation is not possible. ECOSYSTEMS The text highlighted the importance of ecosystems, including - for the first time - the ocean, in climate mitigation and adaptation, and loss and damage from the impacts of climate change.

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