# UN says world will exceed 1.5°C warming and sets out a new response

https://mins.news/en/item/111026

- Ars Technica, 2026-10-22 11:15 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/un-accepts-the-obvious-were-not-going-to-avoid-a-1-5o-c-warming/

> The UN Environment Programme has acknowledged for the first time that keeping warming below 1.5°C is no longer viable. Its revised aims are to limit both the duration and extent of the overshoot, requiring dramatic emissions cuts now and the removal of hundreds of gigatonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere before the century ends.

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