United Nations Environment Programme Warns Global Temperatures Will Exceed 1.5C Threshold

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The United Nations Environment Programme published a landmark report warning that global temperature rise is virtually certain to breach the 1.5°C warming limit established under the Paris Agreement within the coming years. Entitled "Limiting Overshoot," the study highlights how intensifying extreme weather events, including record heatwaves and severe flooding, signal an urgent need to minimize the duration and peak of temperature overshoots. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on international leaders to accelerate greenhouse gas emissions reductions and invest in carbon dioxide removal technologies. The report emphasizes that aggressive climate action can still eventually bring temperatures back down to safer levels.