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Climate overshoot: What happens when the world gets too hot for too long?

Passing 1.5 degrees will hurt people more. It shows how climate overshoot increases risks for food, health, cities, and fragile communities. Read More

1.5 degrees ‘no longer plausible’ as global emissions hit record

The most aggressive goal of the Paris Agreement is out of reach, according to a new analysis by the Global Carbon Project. Read More

Climate leaders are talking about ‘overshoot’ into warming danger zone. Here’s what it means

After years of pushing the world to limit Earth's warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, climate leaders are starting to acknowledge that the target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement will almost surely be ... Read More

Beyond 1.5: Why the global climate target still matters

The world is about to blow past 1.5°C of warming, the limit we collectively hoped to avoid. What does that mean - and what next? Read More

As COP30 begins, countries face ‘hard truth’ of 1.5 °C global warming

The average global surface temperature passed a key threshold last year. Meanwhile, the US does not have an official delegation at the UN climate conference now underway in Brazil ... Read More

Climate leaders say breach of warming limit inevitable

World climate leaders now acknowledge that global warming will surpass the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit set in the Paris climate agreement. However, they remain hopeful that temperatures can eventually ... Read More

Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn’t stayed on it

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — The world has changed dramatically in the decade since leaders celebrated a historic climate agreement in Paris a decade ago, but not quite in ways they expected or wanted. Read More

So many climate numbers. What do they all mean?

Even 'numbers people' can be confused by the salad of digits used to describe climate progress and failings. Here's an overview of what they really mean. Read More

For the first time, climate models show the 1.5°C goal is dead

WHEN THE ECONOMIST warned in 2022 that keeping global warming to just 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels was no longer plausible, we took some flak. Critics worried that such thinking sapped the ... Read More

Global Warming At 3°C By 2050? What’s Behind The New German Climate Warning

HAMBURG — For some time now, climate scientists have been discussing a troubling hypothesis: Is global warming accelerating? The German Physics Society and the German Meteorological Society are now ... Read More

Chance of climate passing 2 degree threshold more than 95 percent: Analysis

There is a greater than 95 percent chance the global temperature will increase by at least 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, according to a report released Tuesday by the Rhodium Group. The ... Read More