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World set to breach 1.5C warming limit as UN warns time is running out

Global warming is now set to breach the 1.5C target limit set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement, after decades of insufficient climate action, the United Nations Environment Programme has warned. Temperatures could still be reduced, but only with far larger emissions cuts and the removal of vast amounts of…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 21

'Now is the time for action': UN warns of climate risks, says 1.5°C breach likely within years

Global temperatures are likely to cross the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold within the next few years, intensifying extreme weather, ecosystem loss and the risks facing small island developing states and low-lying coastal cities, according to a new UN report released on Wednesday.

The Times of India · Sep 3

UN says world must navigate 'reality' of 1.5C overshoot

A United Nations report details managing global temperatures after exceeding the 1.5C target. Scientists agree warming above this level poses grave risks to the planet. The challenge has shifted from avoiding overshoot to navigating its consequences. Carbon dioxide removal is essential alongside deep emission cuts for recovery.

The Economic Times · Sep 2

‘A planet in peril’: UN calls for global climate investment to unlock €17 trillion benefit by 2070

A global change in direction is necessary to help secure a healthy planet, according to a new UN report.

Euronews · Dec 10, 2025

UN COP30 climate report says sustainable cooling essential to cut emissions and save lives

Emissions from cooling are set to double by 2050 without the introduction of more sustainable practices, according to the report.

Euronews · Nov 12, 2025

World heading for 2.8°C warming as UN report reveals climate pledges are 'barely moving the needle'

A new UN report reviews the gap between countries’ climate commitments and global emissions targets.

Euronews · Nov 4, 2025

Plastic Pollution Treaty Not Dead In The Water: UN Environment Chief

The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks twice imploding without agreement, and the chair suddenly resigning this week.

International Business Times · Oct 10, 2025

Artist’s massive sculpture at UN symbolises burden of plastic waste during treaty negotiations

An evolving sculpture built from waste confronts negotiators as talks on a landmark plastic continue.

Euronews · Aug 12, 2025

Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks

As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2025

UN Starts New Bid To Forge Plastics Treaty Amid 'Global Crisis'

Nations must resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to forge a landmark treaty on eliminating the life-threatening waste.

International Business Times · Aug 5, 2025