How close are we to reaching a global warming of 1.5°C?
The impacts associated with a temperature increase of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels would be severe. Such a rise could seem like a distant reality, but we may reach it sooner than you think.
1.5°C is the target limit set out in the Paris Agreement. This agreement aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by limiting global temperature rise in the 21st century to 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to curb it further to an increase of 1.5°C.
Global warming has already resulted in significant alterations to human and natural systems; by limiting temperature increase to 1.5°C, it is expected that adaptation will be less difficult, and our world will suffer fewer negative impacts. Experts suggest that the 1.5°C limit is likely to be reached between 2030 and the early 2050s, unless concerted action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is taken.
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