Global warming to exceed 1.5C soon
The United Nations Environment Programme warns that global temperature rises will likely exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius within a few years. Limiting this temperature overshoot requires rapid emission cuts and carbon removal strategies.
Global temperature rises will exceed 1.5C within a few years, the United Nations Environment Programme said Wednesday morning from Singapore. The threshold breaches the core limit set under the 2015 Paris Agreement to prevent severe climate impacts. Investors face escalating economic disruption as extreme weather threatens agricultural yields, infrastructure, and coastal supply chains worldwide.
