Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’

A United Nations report says the world will likely exceed the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C warming threshold by 2030, with peak heating potentially reaching 1.8°C. Scientists warn that every fraction of a degree will intensify heatwaves, floods, fires, sea-level rise and ecosystem loss. The report says overshoot could be temporary if governments rapidly phase out fossil fuels, cut emissions and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Experts caution that staying above 1.5°C would bring irreversible damage and no good outcomes.