Strengthen worldwide climate commitments to improve economy, study finds

Global economy could lose out by $600tn by end of century on current emissions targets

Every country in the world would be economically better off if all could agree to strengthen their commitments on the climate crisis through international cooperation, new research has found.

But if countries go no further than their current CO₂ pledges - which are too weak to meet the goals of the Paris agreement, and would lead to dangerous levels of global heating - then they face steep economic losses.