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A clash at climate talks: Should nations keep the 1.5-degree goal?

A clash at climate talks: Should nations keep the 1.5-degree goal?

The mantra has been: Limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or risk climate catastrophe. But at COP27, there are concerns about backsliding.
50-50 chance planet will temporarily overshoot 1.5 degrees before 2026

50-50 chance planet will temporarily overshoot 1.5 degrees before 2026

Paris Agreement target not yet dead, but ‘uncomfortably close,’ scientists say.
U.N. Secretary General Guterres warns goal to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees C ‘is on life support’

U.N. Secretary General Guterres warns goal to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees C ‘is on life support’

“The science is clear. So is the math,” António Guterres said Monday, imploring world leaders to act with more urgency to cut the greenhouse gas pollution fueling climate change.
Time to 1.5

Time to 1.5

If we take decisive action this decade, we may still be able to prevent warming beyond 1.5 degrees. Will we? Season 4 of Threshold Podcast grapples with the responsibility and privilege of this pivotal moment in human history.

Emissions cuts could drop the impact of melting ice on oceans by half
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Emissions cuts could drop the impact of melting ice on oceans by half

A new study said that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could reduce sea level rise from melting ice sheets from about 10 inches to about five by 2100.
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