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Overshooting the critical 1.5°C warming threshold is now inevitable, UN warns - and the impacts are going to be 'devastating'

Daily Mail Science and Tech · 2 September 2026 at 10:00

Overshooting the critical 1.5°C warming threshold is now inevitable, UN warns - and the impacts are going to be 'devastating'

Titled 'Limiting Overshooting', the report reveals that in the best-case scenario, global temperature rise will now hit 1.8°C.

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Overshooting the critical 1.5°C warming threshold is now inevitable, UN warns - and the impacts are going to be 'devastating'

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