The New Indian Express ·
How can the world limit warming beyond 1.5°C?
The world is expected to exceed 1.5°C of warming above pre-industrial levels. A new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, Limiting Overshoot – Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return, looks at what can still be done to limit how far temperatures rise above 1.5°C, reduce the time spent above that level and eventually bring temperatures down again.
UNEP says that even if current climate commitments and policies are implemented, warming is projected to reach at least 1.8°C. Other pathways could lead to higher temperatures. The report explains what higher warming means for people and nature, why both the highest temperature reached and the length of time above 1.5°C matter, how people can prepare for impacts that cannot be avoided, and what is needed to bring temperatures down.
2015: The Paris Agreement sets the goal of keeping the increase in global average temperature well below 2°C above the pre-industrial level, while pursuing efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C.
