Los Angeles Times

In a troubling milestone, Earth surpasses 1.5 degrees C of warming for 12 consecutive months

In a troubling milestone, June marked Earth’s 12th consecutive month of global warming at or above 1.5 degrees Celsius — the internationally accepted threshold for avoiding the worst effects of ...
New Scientist

Have we already breached the 1.5°C global warming target?

Last month, researchers confirmed that 2024 was the first year to see global average temperatures rise more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. It was a symbolic moment, given the world’s ...
NPR

Countries agreed to try to hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Is that still possible?

The primary focus of international climate negotiations this week in Baku, Azerbaijan, is how to pay for the costs of cutting global climate pollution and adapt to the impacts of climate change. But ...
Forbes

The Uncomfortable Truth: Can We Keep Global Warming Under 1.5 Degrees?

Activists at the COP climate conference held last year in Baku, Azerbaijan. This year’s conference will be in Brazil next month. Raising ambition to meet the Paris Agreement goal is a key discussion ...
CNN

The 1.5-degree climate goal may be ‘deader than a doornail,’ and scientists are bitterly divided over it

For years, the fight against climate change has been symbolized by one number: 1.5. Ever since countries agreed in 2015 to an ambition of restricting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above ...