Global Warming Beyond 1.5°C Degrees Celsius

The world has approximately nine years to significantly reduce its level of greenhouse gas emissions, or it will blow through the "carbon budget" allotted to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees ... Read More

World may have entered era of 1.5C warming, scientists say

Containing global warming to 1.5C rather than "well below ... In a world that has warmed 1.5C, coral reefs are projected to decline 70 to 90 percent, the IPCC says, while some 14 percent of ... Read More

World's wealthiest 10% have contributed to two-thirds of global warming since 1990, study finds

Wealthy individuals have a higher carbon footprint. A new study published in Nature Climate Change quantifies the climate outcomes of these inequalities. It finds that the world's wealthiest 10% are ... Read More

1.5C global warming threshold to be passed within a decade

The world will burn through its remaining carbon budget in less than ten years unless nations significantly reduce greenhouse gas pollution, a new study has found. Cop27: should the UK pay climate ... Read More

Global warming: Why focusing on 1.5C is flawed

Limiting global heating to 1.5C will not make the world safe. Instead ... efforts to subvert politics and delay emissions reductions, which has harmed chances of limiting warming to 1.5C. Yet to ... Read More

What does it mean to exceed and return to global warming of 1.5°C?

Many national and corporate climate targets seek to limit global warming ... a more damaged world than if we had avoided exceeding 1.5°C—but bringing warming back to or below 1.5°C would ... Read More

How Much Would It Cost to Reduce Global Warming? $131 Trillion Is One Answer

Money is a sticking point in climate-change negotiations around the world. As economists warn that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius ... Preston Jessee/WSJ News moves fast, and ... Read More

Explainer: What is Global Warming?

Top scientists are urging changes "in all aspects of society" to limit global climate warming to 1.5C. Experts say it's ... and it's time for the whole world to make an effort to change it. Read More

What you need to know about 1.5C

It said we should limit global warming to 2C and, if we're really good, let's try and limit global warming to 1.5C." In case you're ... To help keep the world below 1.5C, many countries, regions ... Read More

Net Zero Banking Alliance abandons its 1.5C global temperature target

investment and capital markets activities with a target of keeping global warming to 1.5C, shifting instead toward a broader “well-below 2C” alignment under the Paris Agreement. The UN-backed ... Read More

The world's wealthiest 10% caused two thirds of global warming since 1990

Wealthy individuals have a higher carbon footprint. A new study quantifies the climate outcomes of these inequalities. It finds that the world's wealthiest 10% are responsible for two thirds of ... Read More