Browsing: 1.5C
During the first decade of the 21st century, scientists and policymakers emphasized a 2°C cap as the highest “safe” limit for global warming above pre-industrial levels.…
Rising seas pose a significant threat to coastal cities. Hugh R Hastings/Getty Images A recent review of the latest scientific data indicates that capping global warming…
A Sunset Over London in May 2025 Guy Corbishley/Alamy The aim of restricting global warming to below 1.5°C faces challenges as recent climate data suggests global…
Severe storms caused by La Niña in Queensland, AustraliaGenevieve Vallee/Alamy Stock Photo The UK's national weather and climate agency, the Met Office, predicts that the Earth's…
Bubbles trapped in Antarctic ice were used to estimate past temperaturesaldiami/Andreas Alexander/Alamy Humankind has already caused around 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming since the start of…
AP Photo/François Mori, File/Alamy As a COP26 During climate change negotiations in Glasgow, UK, in November 2021, a new slogan entered the vocabulary: “Stay at 1.5°C.”…
Activists participating in COP28 climate change conference to be held in Dubai in December 2023 Sean Gallup/Getty Images The 1.5°C limit was exceeded in 2010 or…