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UN concedes 1.5C warming limit is out of reach
Original: # UN says we’re going to blow past 1.5º warming, offers a “now what?” answer For first time, # UNEP acknowledged reality
The UN Environment Programme has acknowledged for the first time that keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius is no longer viable. Instead of treating the target as achievable, it is shifting focus to limiting how far temperatures exceed 1.5C and how long the overshoot lasts, offering a pragmatic 'now what?' response to the shortfall in global climate action.
Why now: The UN's formal admission that the key Paris Agreement temperature goal cannot be met marks a significant shift in climate policy thinking.
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- # UN says we’re going to blow past 1.5º warming, offers a “now what?” answer For first time, # UNEP acknowledged reality and conceded keeping warming below 1.5° was no longer viable. New goal focus on keeping both how long we exceed that limit and how much we exceed it by, at a… · BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io · 12
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