Warming is projected to peak around 1.8C in the best-case scenario. This necessitates a new goal of "overshoot, peak and decline" for climate change. Cutting greenhouse gas pollution and removing carbon dioxide are crucial steps. Countries with greater historical responsibility must lead these urgent efforts.

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

The damages of climate change are being compounded by inaction; yet even if global warming slows, the harm is permanent. A new UN report highlights the dangers the world can…

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…