UN Warns Global Warming Will Top 1.5C Within Years
The rise in global temperature is on track to soon exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius, likely within the next few years, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report showed on Wednesday. In the best-case scenario, peak temperature rise will reach 1.8 C, the Limiting Overshoot report found. “While the international community has made progress on climate change, global action to cut greenhouse gas…
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report warning that global temperature rise is likely to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius within the next few years. The best-case scenario predicts a peak temperature increase of 1.8 degrees Celsius. Unfortunately, the UN report states that even the most optimistic scenario, which includes the full implementation of all national climate plans and additional net-zero targets, only predicts a peak temperature rise of 1.8 degrees Celsius.
Under current policies, the median projected temperature rise by 2100 is around 2.6 degrees Celsius, with a range of 1.9 to 3.6 degrees Celsius. UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres emphasized that the climate impacts of entering a 1.5 degree Celsius warmer world are already dangerous, and urged for even faster emissions reductions.
The report also highlighted summer heatwaves, wildfires, and deadly floods as warnings of what lies ahead. These events have impacted energy systems across Europe, causing power generation challenges and forcing the shutdown of nuclear power plants in some areas. For instance, Romania was forced to restart a coal-fired power plant to compensate for the loss of nuclear electricity output due to low water levels on the Danube river, which led to the temporary closure of the country's only nuclear power plant.
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