UN: The United States Is To Blame For Lagging Climate Change Fight.

 The world is going to warm up a little more due to climate change than scientists thought last year. 

And it's the fault of the United States, according to the United Nations.  

As the Associated Press reports:

"If all the countries do what they promise to reduce heat-trapping emissions, Earth will most likely still warm another 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius) above current temperatures, accord (the) update to climate calculations by the United Nations Environmental Program.

 That's about two-tenths pop a degree Fahrenheit (0.1 degrees Celsius) more than last year's projections by the same science team.

'This is a worse outcome than expected last year, as a result of the formal withdrawal of the United States of America from the Paris Agreement and revised estimates of historical emissions,' the report said."

Additionally, the United States increased carbon emissions last year.  That's different from all the other top 20 major economies reduced their carbon pollution or at least slowed the growth in how much carbon dioxide billowed into the air, as the Associated Press reported. 

"In terms of magnitude, the increase in the United States of America (133 megatons of CO2 equivalent) far exceeded that of all other countries and was driven by increased electricity demand and a rebound of coal power generation, the report said. 

New calculations say that if countries do everything they promise in fighting climate change, the world will be 2.6 degrees Celsius (4.7 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter than pre-industrial times, the AP reported.