PARIS: United Nations projections of how much current climate policies and national pledges to cut carbon pollution will slow global warming are more uncertain than widely assumed, researchers reported on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).

Leading into this month's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) summit, the United Nations said existing policies would see Earth's average surface temperature rise a "catastrophic" 2.7 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2100.

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