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UN warns global heating will reach at least 1.8C even in best-case scenario

A UN Environment Programme report says global heating will reach at least 1.8C above pre-industrial levels under the most optimistic future, making the Paris agreement's 1.5C goal unavoidable to overshoot. Scientists say deep, rapid emissions cuts and carbon removal could still bring temperatures back to 1.5C.

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A UN Environment Programme report says global heating will reach at least 1.8C above pre-industrial levels under the most optimistic future, making the Paris agreement's 1.5C goal unavoidable to overshoot. Scientists say deep, rapid emissions cuts and carbon removal could still …

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