The world is close to missing the 1.5-degree target

Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund

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The world is close to missing the 1.5-degree target –

In December negotiators of the Paris Agreement decided to try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. But over the past year, global temperatures exceeded 1 degree Celsius of warming during every month except one. Scientists now say that holding warming below 1.5 degrees will be incredibly difficult. The Guardian

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