Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change , the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming’s harms. So now the world must…
The United Nations has reported that Earth is on track to surpass the temperature threshold set in the 2015 Paris climate accord, signaling the need to reverse excessive warming. According to a new UN Environment Programme study, humanity has lost the opportunity to avoid the most severe impacts of global warming and must now devise a plan to bring temperatures back below the danger zone.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the situation as humanity "speeding past the limit to avoid climate catastrophe." The report suggests that limiting further warming and subsequently reducing temperatures back to the agreed-upon threshold is necessary, despite the prospect of prolonged periods of extreme weather, rising sea levels, species extinctions, and melting ice and glaciers.
Report co-author Richard Betts emphasized the urgency of the situation, stating that while the world will have to endure a warmer climate, there are still steps that can be taken to mitigate warming.
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