UN outlines plan to bring global warming back to 1.5C

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : In a much-anticipated report, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) stated unequivocally that 1.5C would be surpassed and "the challenge has shifted from avoiding overshoot to navigating it".
56% : The world has already warmed roughly 1.4C since 1850-1900 mostly from the burning of fossil fuels and the last three years have been the hottest on record.
53% : The United Nations has outlined how the world might bring global temperatures back to 1.5C once the milestone target is breached in a first-of-its-kind assessment.
53% : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last year acknowledged the inevitability of overshooting 1.5C, but this is the first time a UN agency has addressed this head-on in a dedicated report that drew criticism from climate activists.
47% : No good outcomes Scientists say any overshoot of 1.5C threatens more extreme weather and pushes the planet closer to tipping points like the collapse of ice sheets and loss of coral reefs. UNEP executive director Inger Andersen said there "are no good outcomes if we remain above 1.5C". "Let's be very clear, that 1.5C target is still the goal but now, we need to approach it differently from above," Ms Andersen told journalists.

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