In early 2029, Earth will likely lock into breaching key warming threshold, scientists calculate

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In early 2029, Earth will likely lock into breaching key warming threshold, scientists calculate

In a little more than five years—sometime in early 2029—the world will likely be unable to stay below the internationally agreed temperature limit for global warming if it continues to burn fossil fuels at its current rate, a new study says.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that the climate crisis is threatening to reverse decades of progress towards improving health, pointing out that governments are not ready to stop it. A WHO report found that three-quarters of national meteorological agencies send climate data to their health officials, but at least one in four health ministries uses the information to protect people from risks such as extreme heat. Made…

Earth will cross warming threshold this decade: study

(The Hill) -- Research published Thursday in the Oxford Open Climate Change journal suggests the world will reach the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the decade. In addition to crossing the 1.5-degree threshold, the limit set by the Paris Climate Agreement, by 2030, the study suggests the Earth will hit 2 degrees of warming by 2050. Earlier projections have suggested the world would reach these thresholds later, around …

Earth will cross warming threshold this decade: study

(The Hill) -- Research published Thursday in the Oxford Open Climate Change journal suggests the world will reach the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the decade. In addition to crossing the 1.5-degree threshold, the limit set by the Paris Climate Agreement, by 2030, the study suggests the Earth will hit 2 degrees of warming by 2050. Earlier projections have suggested the world would reach these thresholds later, around …

Earth will cross warming threshold this decade: study

(The Hill) -- Research published Thursday in the Oxford Open Climate Change journal suggests the world will reach the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the decade. In addition to crossing the 1.5-degree threshold, the limit set by the Paris Climate Agreement, by 2030, the study suggests the Earth will hit 2 degrees of warming by 2050. Earlier projections have suggested the world would reach these thresholds later, around …