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Global warming will breach 1.5°C – but deep, fast cuts can still bring it back

With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, countries ‘must pull out all the stops’ and urgently cut emissions to minimise the overshoot and return to the internationally agreed threshold by the end of this century.
Susan Wright
Global warming will breach 1.5°C – but deep, fast cuts can still bring it back
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With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, countries ‘must pull out all the stops’ and urgently cut emissions to minimise the overshoot and return to the internationally agreed threshold by the end of this century.

The recommendation comes in the Emissions Gap Report 2026: The Point of Return, published earlier this week by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

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