As global leaders head to the Brazilian city of Belem to discuss how to keep runaway global heating in check, a new report underscores the need for solid national climate commitments. Against the backdrop of rising temperatures that marked 2024 as the hottest ever on record, the United Nations Environment Program's (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report  says the predicted global temperature increase over the course of this century has only slightly fallen, "leaving the world heading for serious