Global Carbon Budget: 50 per cent chance warming could consistently exceed 1.5C in 'about six years'

Stuart Stone
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Stark update warns there is still 'no sign' the world has reached peak carbon emissions, meaning the Paris Agreement's 1.5C target could be consistently breached within a decade

Current emissions trajectories mean there is a 50 per cent chance global warming will exceed 1.5C consistently in about six years, researchers from the Global Carbon Budget team have warned after its latest...

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