The UN will report back with the final verdict on how much countries’ climate plans arrest global warming. In October, the Bonn-based secretariat said ‘INDCs’ by 146 countries including all major polluters slowed warming to 2.7C this century from 3-4C.
Another 41 have since come forward, leaving just 9 holdouts. Notable emitters, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Nigeria were among the late pledgers, but don’t expect the dial to move much.