UN report urges global emissions cuts to protect Pakistan
A new United Nations assessment released in Islamabad warns that deep global greenhouse gas reductions are essential to prevent severe climate impacts on vulnerable nations like Pakistan.
Report details emission targets
The United Nations Environment Programme Emissions Gap Report 2026 states emissions must fall 18 per cent by 2030 compared to 2025 levels. Global temperatures could peak between 1.7C and 1.8C above pre-industrial levels around the middle of this century even under low-emission pathways. Experts say the window to prevent warming beyond 1.5C without overshoot has effectively passed for the world.
Pakistan faces high climate risks
Pakistan contributes less than one per cent of global emissions yet suffers from floods, heatwaves and glacial melting. The devastating 2022 floods affected around 33 million people and caused more than $30 billion in economic losses. Current national commitments would only reduce global emissions by five to eight per cent by 2030 under existing policies.
Experts call for urgent action
Mohammad Saleem Shaikh from the University of Portsmouth noted that reducing overshoot duration remains possible despite missed prevention opportunities. Full implementation of national climate pledges is insufficient to meet the required 69 per cent reduction by 2040. If global reductions are not unprecedented, roughly 2.8C of warming awaits the world by century's end.
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