Scientists say there's now a strong chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5C by 2026
The probability of one of the next five years surpassing the limit is now 50%, up from 20% in 2020
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U.N. warns world set for 2.7C rise on today's emissions pledges
Governments will be in the spotlight at the COP26 conference next week to meet a deadline of this year to commit to more ambitious cut pledges, in what could be the last chance to put the world on track to limiting warming to below 2C above pre-industrial levels and ideally to 1.5C.
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Earth at risk of entering ‘hothouse’ state from which there is no return
Climate change made European heatwave ‘more than twice as likely’
While it is unclear how likely this scenario is, experts agree that were it to happen the runaway warming after this tipping point would be an existential threat to humanity.![Climate change made European heatwave ‘more than twice as likely’]()
