'The 1.5°C figure is not some random statistic. It is rather an indicator of the point at which climate impacts will become increasingly harmful for people and indeed the entire planet.'
Signatories to the Paris climate accord have agreed to act to limit the global average temperature increase to well below 2°C—preferably to 1.5°C—by the end of the century. Climate advocates havethe 1.5°C target"on life support" following world leaders' refusal to commit to more ambitious action at the COP26 summit in Glasgow late last year.
"For as long as we continue to emit greenhouse gases, temperatures will continue to rise," Taalas added."And alongside that, our oceans will continue to become warmer and more acidic, sea ice and glaciers will continue to melt, sea level will continue to rise and, our weather will become more extreme. Arctic warming is disproportionately high and what happens in the Arctic affects all of us.
Such a breach, however, would"reveal that we are edging ever closer to a situation where 1.5°C could be exceeded for an extended period," said Hermanson.
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