Editing 2020s (section)

==Global goals and issues==
Development in [[List of global issues|global goals and issues]]—including goals or progress related to the [[List of causes of death by rate|largest causes of human death]]—during the decade, according to reports that systematically track, quantify or review associated [[progress]].
;As of 2022
* Progress of the [[Paris Agreement]] or [[global issue|global]] [[climate change mitigation]] goals
** The United in Science 2022 report by the [[World Meteorological Organization|WMO]], [[Executive summary|summarizes]] latest climate science-related updates and assesses recent [[climate change mitigation]] [[progress]] as "going in the wrong direction".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dickie |first1=Gloria |author-link1=Gloria Dickie |title=Climate impacts heading to 'uncharted territories of destruction,' U.N. chief says |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/climate-impacts-heading-uncharted-territories-destruction-un-chief-2022-09-13/ |access-date=21 October 2022 |work=Reuters |date=13 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=United in Science 2022 |url=https://public-old.wmo.int/en/resources/united_in_science |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215221742/https://public-old.wmo.int/en/resources/united_in_science |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 December 2023 |website=public.wmo.int |access-date=21 October 2022 |date=19 September 2019}}</ref>
** A report by the [[World Resources Institute]] assesses the state of [[nationally determined contributions]] (NDCs), finding they need to be strengthened by about six times for alignment with what may be enough to reach the Paris Agreement's 1.5&nbsp;°C goal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=Timothy |title='Massive gaps' seen in countries' plans to tackle climate change -study |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/massive-gaps-seen-countries-plans-tackle-climate-change-study-2022-10-19/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Reuters |date=19 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fransen |first1=Taryn |last2=Henderson |first2=Christopher |last3=O'Connor |first3=Ryan |last4=Alayza |first4=Natalia |last5=Caldwell |first5=Molly |last6=Chakrabarty |first6=Subrata |last7=Dixit |first7=Aarjan |last8=Finch |first8=Mario |last9=Kustar |first9=Anna |last10=Langer |first10=Paige |last11=Stolle |first11=Fred |last12=Walls |first12=Ginette |last13=Welle |first13=Ben |title=The State of Nationally Determined Contributions: 2022 |url=https://www.wri.org/research/state-nationally-determined-contributions-2022 |access-date=31 October 2022 |date=19 October 2022}}</ref> The [[UNFCCC]]'s NDC synthesis report suggests that based on the latest NDCs the [[carbon budget]] for a 50% likelihood of limiting warming to 1.5&nbsp;°C would be used up by around 2032.<ref name="nytpledges"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Frangoul |first1=Anmar |title=Emissions reductions pledges 'nowhere near' what's needed, UN says |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/26/emissions-reductions-pledges-nowhere-near-whats-needed-un-says-.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=CNBC}}</ref><ref name="cop27">{{cite news |last1=Dickie |first1=Gloria |author-link1=Gloria Dickie |title=COP27: World on track to increase emissions 10.6% by 2030 – UN report |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/cop27-world-track-increase-emissions-106-by-2030-un-report-2022-10-26/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Reuters |date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement. Synthesis report by the secretariat |url=https://unfccc.int/documents/619180 |website=unfccc.int |access-date=31 October 2022 |quote=In the context of the carbon budget consistent with 50 per cent likelihood of limiting warming to 1.5 °C (500 Gt CO2), cumulative CO2 emissions in 2020–2030 based on the latest NDCs would likely use up 86 per cent of the remaining carbon budget, leaving a post-2030 carbon budget of around 70 Gt CO2, which is equivalent to approximately two years of projected total global CO2 emissions by 2030.}}
* Report overview page: {{cite web |title=2022 NDC Synthesis Report |url=https://unfccc.int/ndc-synthesis-report-2022 |website=unfccc.int |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
** A ''[[The Lancet|Lancet]] Countdown'' report publishes data of indicators that show "countries and companies continue to make choices that threaten the health and survival of people in every part of the world". It calls for an immediate, health-centred response at a critical juncture of recovery from crises.<ref name="nytpledges">{{cite news |last1=Bearak |first1=Max |title=Climate Pledges Are Falling Short, and a Chaotic Future Looks More Like Reality |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/26/climate/un-climate-pledges-warming.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Romanello |first1=Marina |last2=Napoli |first2=Claudia Di |last3=Drummond |first3=Paul |display-authors=et al. |title=The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels |journal=The Lancet |date=25 October 2022 |volume=400 |issue=10363 |pages=1619–1654 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01540-9 |pmid=36306815 |s2cid=253148997 |issn=0140-6736 |doi-access=free|pmc=7616806 }}</ref>
** The [[WMO]] reports atmospheric levels of the three main [[greenhouse gas]]es, carbon dioxide, [[methane emissions|methane]] and [[nitrous oxide]], all reached record highs, with methane concentrations showing a record jump in 2021. The WMO Secretary-General concludes that "we are heading in the wrong direction", with time "running out".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Farge |first1=Emma |title=UN warns 'time is running out' as greenhouse gases surge |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/un-warns-time-is-running-out-greenhouse-gases-surge-2022-10-26/ |access-date=30 October 2022 |work=Reuters |date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=More bad news for the planet: greenhouse gas levels hit new highs |url=https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/more-bad-news-planet-greenhouse-gas-levels-hit-new-highs |website=public.wmo.int |access-date=30 October 2022 |date=21 October 2022}}</ref>
** [[Climate Action Tracker]] systematically [[Climate change mitigation#Monitoring|assesses the state of progress of actions of climate goals]] in an overview, finding that none of the indicators is on track to reach their 2030 targets, with insufficient speed for six indicators, and well below the required pace for 21, five heading in the wrong direction, and data being insufficient to evaluate the remaining eight.<ref>{{cite news |title=Humanity 'nowhere near' goals to reduce emissions that cause Earth to warm, UN says |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/humanity-nowhere-near-goals-to-reduce-emissions-that-cause-earth-to-warm-un-says |access-date=30 October 2022 |work=PBS NewsHour |date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Big gaps in plans to tackle climate change, researchers say |url=https://www.dw.com/en/big-gaps-in-plans-to-tackle-climate-change-researchers-say/a-63567040 |first=Roshni |last=Majumdar |access-date=30 October 2022 |work=Deutsche Welle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=State of Climate Action 2022 |url=https://climateactiontracker.org/publications/state-of-climate-action-2022/ |publisher=climateactiontracker.org |access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref>
** The [[UNEP]]'s Emissions Gap Report finds that no credible "pathway" to the 1.5&nbsp;°C climate goal is in place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Climate crisis: UN finds 'no credible pathway to 1.5C in place' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/27/climate-crisis-un-pathway-1-5-c |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaplan |first1=Sarah |title=World falls 'pitifully short' of meeting climate goals, U.N. report says |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/27/emissions-climate-change-temperature-rise/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chestney |first1=Nina |title=Every fraction of a degree counts, UN says, as 2.8C warming looms |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/cop27-world-faces-28c-rise-after-woefully-inadequate-climate-pledges-un-says-2022-10-27/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Reuters |date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title="Emissions gap" putting world on course for climate "catastrophe," U.N. chief says |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/emissions-gap-climate-catastrophe-un-chief/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=CBS News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Emissions Gap Report 2022 |url=https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2022 |website=UNEP – UN Environment Programme |access-date=31 October 2022 |date=21 October 2022}}</ref> Similarly, a [[UNFCCC]] synthesis about "long-term low-emission development strategies" warns that many net-zero targets "remain uncertain and postpone into the future critical action that needs to take place now".<ref>{{cite web |title=UNFCCC Reports Warn About 2.5°C Warming Amid "Glimmers of Hope" {{!}} News {{!}} SDG Knowledge Hub {{!}} IISD |url=https://sdg.iisd.org/news/unfccc-reports-warn-about-2-5c-warming-amid-glimmers-of-hope/ |publisher=IISD's SDG Knowledge Hub |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Long-term low-emission development strategies. Synthesis report by the secretariat |url=https://unfccc.int/documents/619179 |website=unfccc.int |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Deforestation]] mitigation goals
** An annual report by the [[World Resources Institute]] shows that tropical regions lost 9.3 million acres of primary old-growth forest in 2021, a decline of 11% from 2020, and about equal to both 2018 and 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fountain |first1=Henry |title=Deforestation Remains High, Despite International Pledges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/climate/deforestation-tree-loss.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=28 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Latest Analysis on Global Forests & Tree Cover Loss {{!}} Global Forest Review |url=https://research.wri.org/gfr/latest-analysis-deforestation-trends |website=research.wri.org |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
** The Forest Declaration Assessment finds that a drop of only 6.3% in deforestation in 2021 is "leaving the world off track from its goals of ending forest loss by 2030".<ref>{{cite news |title='Hollow commitments' mean world is not on track to halt deforestation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/deforestation-targets-cop26-glasgow-amazon-rewilding-b2209261.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The Independent |date=24 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Plumer |first1=Brad |title=Countries Made Bold Climate Promises Last Year. How Are They Doing? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/climate/glasgow-climate-promises.html |access-date=14 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gilbert |first1=Natasha |title=Deforestation slowed last year — but not enough to meet climate goals |journal=Nature |date=24 October 2022 |volume=611 |issue=7934 |page=22 |doi=10.1038/d41586-022-03372-6 |pmid=36280741 |bibcode=2022Natur.611...22G |s2cid=253108445 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Forest Declaration Assessment: Are we on track for 2030? - Forest Declaration |url=https://forestdeclaration.org/resources/forest-declaration-assessment-2022/ |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Public health]] goals
** The UN's "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World" report finds that the number of people affected by [[hunger]] globally rose by 46 million to 828 million in 2021. 3.1 billion people could not afford a [[healthy diet]] in 2020, an increase of 112 million from 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=UN: 828 Million More People Faced Hunger in 2021 |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/un-828-million-more-people-faced-hunger-in-2021/6648012.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=VOA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021 |url=https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-hunger-numbers-rose-to-as-many-as-828-million-in-2021 |website=who.int |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
** A [[WHO]] report indicates collective progress toward a 15% relative reduction in population levels of physical inactivity by 2030 is insufficient and that about 500 million people will develop [[heart disease]], [[obesity]], [[diabetes]] or [[Non-communicable disease#Global health|other diseases]] if they don't increase their [[physical activity]].<ref>{{cite news |title=United Nations health agency warns world to get active — or risk developing serious illness |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/world-health-organization-report-physical-activity-heart-disease-obseity-diabetes-diseases-risk/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=CBS News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Global Status Report on Physical Activity 2022 |url=https://www.who.int/teams/health-promotion/physical-activity/global-status-report-on-physical-activity-2022 |website=who.int |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
* Global [[budget]]s and [[government spending]]
** The [[OECD]] and [[International Energy Agency|IEA]] report that global public [[Fossil fuel subsidies|subsidies for fossil fuels]] almost doubled from 2020 to $700bn in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Global fossil fuel subsidies almost doubled in 2021, analysis finds |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/31/fossil-fuel-subsidies-almost-doubled-in-2021-analysis-finds |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Support for fossil fuels almost doubled in 2021, slowing progress toward international climate goals, according to new analysis from OECD and IEA – OECD |url=https://www.oecd.org/newsroom/support-for-fossil-fuels-almost-doubled-in-2021-slowing-progress-toward-international-climate-goals-according-to-new-analysis-from-oecd-and-iea.htm |publisher=OECD |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
* General [[well-being]]
** The [[Club of Rome]], authors of the 1972 ''[[The Limits to Growth]]'', and research institutes like the [[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research]] publish the "Earth for All" report, concluding that to increase the wellbeing of [[humankind|humanity]], addressing rising inequality is key to mitigating related issues such as climate change with many current [[policy|policies]] disproportionately burdening lower income groups.<ref>{{cite news |title=Report says rich must pay bill to avert social collapse |url=https://apnews.com/article/berlin-economic-growth-climate-and-environment-4c54a637e0a2791f00576621b3c26e75 |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=[[AP News]] |date=31 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Increasingly dysfunctional society and climate crisis leading to 'cliff edge' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/wealth-inequality-environmental-breakdown-dysfunctional-society-b2155736.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The Independent |date=30 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessop |first1=Simon |last2=Dickie |first2=Gloria |author-link2=Gloria Dickie |title=Tackling inequality key to climate fight – study |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/tackling-inequality-key-climate-fight-study-2022-09-05/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Reuters |date=5 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="COR_2022">{{cite web |title=Earth for all – A survival guide to humanity |date=2022 |publisher=[[The Club of Rome]] |url=https://www.clubofrome.org/publication/earth4all-book/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830203353/https://www.clubofrome.org/publication/earth4all-book/ |archive-date=2022-08-30}}</ref><ref name="EFA_2022">{{cite book |title=Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity |author-first1=Sandrine |author-last1=Dixson-Declève |author-link1=Sandrine Dixson-Declève |author-first2=Owen |author-last2=Gaffney |author-link2= |author-first3=Jayati |author-last3=Ghosh |author-link3=Jayati Ghosh |author-first4=Jørgen |author-last4=Randers |author-link4=Jørgen Randers |author-first5=Johan |author-last5=Rockström |author-link5=Johan Rockström |author-first6=Per |author-last6=Espen Stocknes |author-link6=Per Espen Stoknes |date=2022-09-22 |publisher=[[New Society Publishers]] |isbn=978-0-86571986-6 |id={{ISBN|0-86571986-1}} |url=https://www.earth4all.life/book |access-date=2022-08-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830202446/https://www.earth4all.life/book |archive-date=2022-08-30}} (208 pages)</ref>
* [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (other than the above or in general)
** The only UN report that monitors global progress on the [[2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development]] indicates the agenda is in "grave danger".<ref>{{cite news |title=UN: Global Disasters Put Sustainable Development Goals Out of Reach |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/un-global-disasters-put-sustainable-development-goals-out-of-reach/6652642.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=VOA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 |url=https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2022/ |website=unstats.un.org |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Gross domestic product|GDP]]-alternative [[progress]] or [[sustainable development]] indices
** [[Human Development Index]] (HDI): the Human Development Report 2021-22 concludes that for the first time, the global HDI value declined for a second year, with [[living standard]]s declining in 90% of countries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crises Halt Progress in Human Development: UN Report |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/crises-halt-progress-in-human-development-un-report-/6736079.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=VOA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Living standards declining in 90% of countries — UN – DW – 09/08/2022 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/un-index-shows-living-standards-declining-in-90-of-countries/a-63052023 |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Deutsche Welle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Human Development Report 2021-22 |url=https://hdr.undp.org/content/human-development-report-2021-22 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=31 October 2022 |date=8 September 2022}}</ref>