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Global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) hit a new high in 2018 despite "scientific warnings and political commitments", said a UN report as it warned that the world is heading for an average temperature rise by 3.2 degree Celsius by 2100 bringing more disastrous consequences of climate change even if all current commitments under the Paris Agreement are implemented. Released on 26 November 2019, ahead of the upcoming UN climate conference (COP25), the annual report of the UN Environment Programme - called Emission Gap Report - found that the GHG emissions have risen 1.5% per year over the last decade, hitting an all-time high of 55.3 giga tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions.