Claims: Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
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- title: Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’ Source
- url: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/02/global-heating-warming-1-8c-best-case-scenario-un-united-nations-environment-programme-report Source
- summary: But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN report that warns every fraction of temperature rise intensifies destructive extreme weather, glacier melt, ecosystem loss, and island and coastal city submersion. The report by the Nairobi-based UN Environment Programme confirmed… Source
- published: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:00:22 GMT Source