The United Nations warns that the world is on track for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, emphasizing the need for deep emission cuts in the next decade. Global emissions need to decline by 42 percent by 2030 to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or by 28 percent to meet the Paris Agreement's 2-degree target. Despite growing net-zero targets, near-term policies are not aligning with countries' climate ambitions, leading to an expected increase of 3 percent in emissions by 2030.