A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target. What happens now?

By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW

For over a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C.

That’s no longer possible, according to a new United Nations report. We will likely pass 1.5°C in 2030. That’s not good news for anyone, least of all Australia’s Pacific Island neighbours who face rapidly rising seas.

In response to the report, Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr said:

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