A Landmark UN Report Says the World Will Overshoot the 1.5°C Climate Target. What Happens Now?

Letter: On climate, the basic principle of 'more we do now, the better’ remains in full force

To the editor: This month saw the release of a new United Nation Environmental Programme report titled “Limiting Overshoot: Navigating exceedance of 1.5 C and pathways toward return.”

Of course we are going to blow out 1.5degrees – global warming is here and it will only get worse

You can’t be surprised… Global warming will inevitably overshoot 1.5°C Paris Agreement target – UN report Global warming beyond 1.5°C...

A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target. What happens now?

ANALYSIS: By Jacqueline Peel and Wesley Morgan For more than a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C. That’s no longer possible, according to a new United Nations report. We will likely pass 1.5°C in 2030. That’s not good news for anyone, least of all Australia and New Zealand’s Pacific

It’s too late for 1.5°C. That doesn’t mean we give up

The UN now accepts that global warming is going to exceed 1.5°C but it’s unlikely that this will change anything governments or corporations do. It’s now too late to avoid catastrophic global warming. The task now is to limit further damage and prepare honestly for what follows.