US EditionWorld will overshoot 1.5C temperature rise goal, UN says
- On Tuesday, the United Nations' Emissions Gap Report projected the world is headed for between 2.3 and 3.4 degrees C of warming and warned the 2 degrees C Paris limit is likely to be exceeded without deeper emissions cuts.
- Last year global greenhouse gas emissions reached 57.7 billion tons and must fall to about 33 billion tons annually, while last month’s analysis found none of the 45 global indicators are on pace, the report says.
- If nations do as promised, the report projects a 2.3 to 2.5 degrees C projection, while current policies trajectory leads to about 2.8 degrees C of warming.
- Anne Olhoff said more intense extreme events will occur and warned every tenth of a degree will intensify harm, while scientists say the accelerating crisis drives global instability.
- Over the last 10 years, clean energy prices plunged—onshore wind down 70 percent and solar and batteries down roughly 90 percent—and Rhodium Group sees power-sector emissions halving by midcentury, yet the report says deep cuts still likely mean at least 1.7 degrees C this century.
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UN: We're Hitting 1.5C, Like It or Not
The United Nations Environment Programme is expanding on what we already know : The world is set to surpass its key climate target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius within the next decade. In its annual Emissions Gap Report released on Tuesday, the agency points to sluggish action...
World will overshoot 1.5C climate goal, UN says
The world has failed to meet its main climate change target of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and will likely breach this threshold in the next decade, the United Nations' Environment Programme said on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, UN Environment released an unwelcoming assessment of global warming just before COP 30 in the Amazon.
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 research group’s 2025 Climate Outlook predicts global temperatures will increase by 2.3-3.4 degrees Celsius by the end of the century,…
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