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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

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

Why the Climate Warming Goal of 1.5 Degrees C Isn’t a Lost Cause—Even If We Overshoot It

Global warming is set to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius soon, meaning the world will most likely fail to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of striving to cap the average temperature increase at 1.5 ... 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

World could soon hit 1.5 degree threshold

The world may be on track to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming in about three years, a group of scientists warned in a new paper. © Matt York, Associated ... Read More

1.5 degree warming threshold could be breached in about 3 years, scientists warn

The world may be on track to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming in about three years, a group of scientists warned in a new paper. Researchers have called for keeping the planet’s warming to ... Read More

Even best-case levels of global warming would mean 'catastrophic' sea level rise, study says

The world’s ice sheets are on course for runaway melting, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise and “catastrophic” migration away from coastlines, even if the world pulls off the miraculous and ... 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

Study warns 1.5-degree warming limit can’t prevent dangers of melting glaciers

The 2015 Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was thought to be the threshold for averting severe climate change impacts. But new research says even that level is ... Read More