UNEP says the Paris 1.5°C goal is no longer viable
Original title: The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable
UNEP says staying under 2°C, then returning to 1.5°C, now requires cuts of 18% by 2030 and 69% by 2040 versus 2025.
The UN Environment Programme’s 2026 Emissions Gap Report, “The Point of Return,” says the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit can no longer be met with no or limited overshoot. Exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is described as imminent. UNEP says the remaining path is to keep warming below 2°C and return to 1.5°C by 2100. Even full implementation of current national pledges would cut emissions only 5% to 8% by 2030 and 11% to 15% by 2035 versus 2025.
- Recommended cuts versus 2025 are 18% by 2030, 45% by 2035 and 69% by 2040.
- The UN chief calls for close to 6% emissions cuts every year until 2035.
- By 2035, renewable capacity must triple versus 2025, UNEP says.
- UNEP estimates 320 gigatons of CO2 must be removed by century’s end.
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The target set in 2015 by the Paris Agreement—to limit global warming to 1. 5°C by 2100—has become unachievable within the span of a single decade, the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) notes in its 2026 Emissions Gap Report. “The opportunity to bridge the 1.
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