World Has No Realistic Path to Meet 1.5ºC Warming Target, UN Declares

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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) declared that the world has no realistic pathway to meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5ºC. Their comprehensive report highlights the failure to curb emissions adequately to prevent exceeding this threshold.

The world has failed to meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5ºC, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) declared on Wednesday. In a sprawling 141-page report, UNEP found there is no realistic pathway to prevent warming from exceeding the threshold. “The most stringent emission reduction pathways that were available around the […]