It’s increasingly likely that the planet will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, of warming, probably within the next two decades. But while that level of warming comes with a ...

It’s the world’s most important climate goal: limiting the Earth’s warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit). It’s the aspiration of global agreements, and to inhabitants of some small island ...

The primary focus of international climate negotiations this week in Baku, Azerbaijan, is how to pay for the costs of cutting global climate pollution and adapt to the impacts of climate change. But ...

In a troubling milestone, June marked Earth’s 12th consecutive month of global warming at or above 1.5 degrees Celsius — the internationally accepted threshold for avoiding the worst effects of ...

The planet's carbon budget has nearly reached its limit, a new study has found. Earth is already on the brink of surpassing an internationally agreed-upon threshold for climate warming, relative to ...

Nearly 200 nations shaped their climate plans around this number: 1.5 degrees Celsius. But that target, set seven years ago when there was less carbon in the sky, will almost certainly be overshot.

It is unlikely, but not impossible, for humans to hit the lower temperature target set by the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement, according to new research conducted by an international group of scientists ...

Current policies could lead to 3.1 C warming by 2100 Nations to discuss updated emissions strategies at COP29 in Azerbaijan 1.5 C target likely out of reach without climate overshoot TORONTO, Oct 24 ...

The mantra has been: Limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or risk climate catastrophe. But at COP27, there are hints of backsliding. By Brad Plumer David Gelles and Lisa Friedman Plumer, Gelles ...