For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get

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 Thursday.

Recently, some high-profile experts-the former UN secretary-general and a former UN climate chief-advocated for a climactic shake-up of the United Nations' COP climate talks.

Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a 'gift of God'

For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven't lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — and recent developments in China and the United States are likely to slightly worsen the outlook,