The world is on track to cross the 1.5°C global warming threshold, likely within the next few years, according to a major new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released today. Limiting Overshoot finds that even the most optimistic scenario now points to a peak temperature rise of 1.8°C, with mo...

Earth will breach a long-standing target before the end of the decade, report says.

Focus must now switch to limiting extent of overshoot, says United Nations' climate report

If global warming remains above 1.5 degrees Celsius, a new U.N. report says “there are no good outcomes.”

A United Nations report details managing global temperatures after exceeding the 1.5C target. Scientists agree warming above this level poses grave risks to the planet. The…