Former head of the UN climate science body told the BBC's Today programme he was very pessimistic.
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The world agreed to try to limit the temperature increase due to climate change to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels at a UN conference in Paris in 2015. That target has become the centrepiece of global efforts to tackle climate change. Professor Sir Bob Watson is currently Emeritus Professor of the UK's Tyndall Centre for Climate Research - having previously worked at the UN, Nasa, UK's Department of Environment and the US White House - and is perhaps one of the foremost climate scientists in the world.
The UN climate body, the IPCC, has said keeping temperature rises below 1.5C, rather than 2C, would mean:a 50% reduction in the number of people experiencing water insecurityProf Sir Bob Watson said that the world is struggling to prevent temperature rises as we are not reducing emissions fast enough.
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