GoKawiilUN Emissions Gap Report Declares 1.5C Overshoot Unavoidable
The UN Environment Programme's latest Emissions Gap Report states that breaching the Paris Agreement's 1.5C warming threshold is now inevitable, marking the first time the UN has made this declaration. The report shifts focus from closing the emissions gap to 1.5C toward managing 'overshoot' scenarios, outlining a path to limit peak warming to 1.7-1.8C before cutting it back to 1.5C by 2100 through steep emissions reductions and carbon removal technology.