COP27: 1.5C target on track to be exceeded by 2030, researchers warn

Cecilia Keating
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COP27: 1.5C target on track to be exceeded by 2030, researchers warn

Remaining carbon budget for 1.5C of warming set to be burnt through by 2030 if emissions do not start to fall sharply, researchers warn

The chance that global average temperatures will exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels within nine years now stands at 50 per cent, after the latest stocktake of global carbon emissions confirmed they...

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