ScienceGlacier melt and sea-level rise will continue: We cannot leave this to the next generation

Oliver Farry welcomes Inger Andersen, the UN under-secretary-general and executive director of the UN Environment Programme. Andersen argues that decades of what she calls “carbon procrastination” have made global warming beyond 1.5°C unavoidable. The question is now how far temperatures will rise, how long the overshoot will last and what consequences vulnerable societies and ecosystems will face. Mitigation remains essential, alongside adaptation.