New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Every year, just before the annual mega conference of countries to tackle climate change-called the Conference of Parties or COP-held under the aegis of the United Nations, a crucial health check report is released. The Emissions Gap Report, prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) reviews the pledges of mitigation made by nations, and measures these against meaningful real-world action that ends the reason behind climate change: the emission of planet-heating greenhouse gasses like CO2 and methane due to our economic use of fossil fuels like oil and coal.

The 2024 Emissions Gap Report (EGR), released last week, is pretty sobering to read: nothing is being done, emissions are still rising, when th...