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Scientists say 1.5C climate goal now requires overshoot

Original: # OnePointFiveAlive : "the # climate treaty’s goal of limiting global temperature rise this century to 1.5°C above prein

Climate observers are circulating the message that the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global temperature rise this century to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels is no longer achievable without an overshoot, though returning to that threshold remains possible. The discussion highlights that temporarily exceeding 1.5°C is now effectively unavoidable, but that strong emissions cuts could still bring temperatures back down below the threshold later this century, keeping the treaty's central target alive in a revised form.

Why now: New assessment or commentary suggesting the 1.5°C target cannot be met without temporarily exceeding it is prompting debate about the Paris Agreement's viability.

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