No improvement in Earth's projected warming for 3 yrs

World has warmed 1.3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, nearing the 1.5-degree limit countries agreed to in 2015

For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven't lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get—even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis on Thursday.

At the United Nations climate talks, hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan, nations are trying to set new targets to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases and figure out how much rich nations will pay to help the world with that task.