UN climate report says world will fail 1.5-degree Paris goal but argues for keeping overshoot brief

Politics The Hill By Suryatapa Chakraborty 21 Oct 2026 18:24 1 min read
UN climate report says world will fail 1.5-degree Paris goal but argues for keeping overshoot brief

A new United Nations climate report released Wednesday said that while global temperatures are set to exceed 1.5-degree Celsius above preindustrial levels, urgent and steep cuts to emissions can help reduce the overshoot. The Emissions Gap Report 2026: The Point of Return — published by the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) — looks at the “lowest possible”...

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