German chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that failing to meet an international goal to fight global warming could set off large new waves of refugees.
The UN and experts say governments’ emissions-cutting pledges ahead of a global conference in Paris beginning this month are not yet enough to hit the target of keeping the rise in global temperatures below 2C (3.6F) by the end of this century compared with pre-industrial times.
Ms Merkel said in a speech “if we don’t manage this, that could be a reason for many, many refugee movements” around the world.
Scientists say a temperature rise over 2C could have profound, irreversible effects on the climate.
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