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Forecast: 40% chance Earth to be hotter than Paris goal soon

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There’s a 40% chance that the world will get so hot in the next five years that it will temporarily push past the temperature limit the Paris climate agreement is trying to prevent, meteorologists said.

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BBC News

Climate: World at risk of hitting temperature limit soon

It's increasingly likely that a key temperature limit will be reached in one of the next five years.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

Earth may temporarily reach key Paris Agreement limit in next 5 years

The world is increasingly likely to see a year in which global average surface temperatures meet or exceed the Paris Agreement's ambitious temperature target of 1.5°C (2.7°F) above preindustrial levels, a new report predicts. Why it matters: Limiting warming to 1.5°C is an existential matter for small island states, which could be swamped by rising sea levels if temperatures climb higher. While a single year would not indicate the treaty's 1.5-d…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Hindu

Rising global temperatures 'inexorably closer' to climate tipping point: UN

The WMO report predicts an increased chance of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, that Africa's Sahel and Australia will likely be wetter, and that the southwest of Northern America is likely to be drier.

3 years ago·India

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The Independent

Forecast: 40% chance Earth to be hotter than Paris goal soon

A new world weather agency forecast says it'll likely be so hot in the next five years that there's a 40% chance the globe will push past the temperature limit set by the Paris climate agreement

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Rising global temperatures 'inexorably closer' to climate tipping point

There is now a 40% chance that global temperatures will temporarily reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years -- and these odds are rising, a U.N. report said on Wednesday.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

40% chance Earth will be hotter than Paris goal within 5 years, WMO forecasts

There's a 40 per cent chance that the world will get so hot in the next five years that it will temporarily push past the temperature limit the Paris climate agreement is trying to prevent, meteorologists said.

3 years ago·Canada

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