article thumbnail

We Crossed 1.5 C. Did We Breach the Paris Agreement?

Legal Planet

If you’re not a climate scientist—and maybe even if you are—reading news headlines this month has been confounding and a little scary. “In Climate Threshold ,” was the version at Forbes. degrees Fahrenheit) is a target to limit global-average heating that was adopted by nations in the 2015 Paris Agreement.

article thumbnail

COP28: Sombre climate report indicates we are on track for 3 degrees C warming

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen On the eve of the COP28 climate summit, scientists at the United Nations (UN) have warned that the world is on track for 3 degrees C of warming by the end of this decade. This is double the target that world leaders agreed to in 2015, when the Paris Agreement deal was struck and subsequently implemented.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A science-based move to climate change adaptation

Real Climate

Climate change adaptation was addressed in the Paris Agreement from 2015, the Climate Adaptation Summit in January 2021 , and will be one of four key priorities during the upcoming COP26. However, I would argue that the climate research community has not had a visible presence during any of these meetings.

article thumbnail

COP28: The world temperature is expected to reach 1.4 degrees C this year

A Greener Life

degrees C target that world leaders agreed upon in the Paris Agreement of 2015. The organisation labelled it as a ‘deafening cacophony’ of broken climate records. Scientists worry that 2024 could be even worse, as the El Nino climate impact is likely to peak this winter and drive temperatures even higher.

article thumbnail

Saudi Arabia echoes “Business as usual” as a key COP28 argument

A Greener Life

Climate scientists say the world needs to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 43% by 2030, compared to 2019 levels. Only then is the world going to have any chance of meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of keeping temperature increases well below 2 degrees C.

article thumbnail

Dr. Shaina Sadai Talks About COP27, Climate Justice, Sea Level Rise, and Corporate Accountability

Union of Concerned Scientists

Through greenwashing ads, disinformation campaigns, attacks on scientists, and production of fake scientific evidence, the industry has engaged the playbook of deception to undermine climate action. Where did you begin your research journey with climate change and what are some of the biggest takeaways from your research?

Sea Level 207
article thumbnail

Opinion: The planet is coded red – now what?

A Greener Life

And we also know that now, only months before the crucial COP26 climate summit in Glasgow November, we are far behind what was promised by countries at the Paris Agreement conference in 2015. . Most comprehensive climate data. We have known for a long time that action is not just meeting pledges and promises.