World Regions Near 1.5°C and 2°C Climate Thresholds, Study Finds
Study shows most world regions have already reached 90‑94% of 1.5 °C warming and 65‑76% of 2 °C limits, with 1.5 °C threshold expected by 2029.
POLICY WIRE — Geneva, Switzerland — The past decade recorded an average global temperature 1.2 °C above pre‑industrial levels, while every region mapped in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report has already experienced roughly 90‑94% of the warming projected for a 1.5 °C rise.
At the same time, those regions have reached about 65‑76% of the temperature increase expected when the planet hits a 2 °C rise above pre‑industrial baselines.
A study appearing in Nature Climate Change confirms that many locales have already crossed the 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) mark and projects that all AR6 regions will likely hit their 1.5 °C‑equivalent thresholds around 2029.
Model scenarios that keep warming at or below 1.5 °C for more than half of outcomes, and at or below 2 °C for the majority, all demand swift, deep, and often immediate cuts in greenhouse‑gas emissions across every sector throughout this decade.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)