Even Chance World Will Breach 1.5C Warming Within 5 Years, Says UN

There is a 93 percent chance of at least one year between 2022-2026 becoming the warmest on record Hussein FALEH AFP/File

There is an even chance that global temperatures will temporarily breach the benchmark of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in one of the next five years, the United Nations warned Tuesday.

The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change saw countries agree to cap global warming at "well below" 2C above levels measured between 1850 and 1900 -- and 1.5C if possible, AFP said.