Multiple outlets report new projections from the United Nations weather and climate community indicating that global temperatures are very likely to reach new highs in the next five years. According to the UN’s weather agency, there is roughly a three-in-four chance that the average temperature over the coming five-year period will be more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels (often referenced as the 1850–1900 baseline). Several sources add that this threshold is expected to be crossed again and again during the period, reflecting the way year-to-year temperatures can fluctuate even as longer-term warming continues. One outlet specifies that global temperatures are forecast to temporarily exceed 1.5°C for at least one year between 2026 and 2030. Others emphasize that projections also point to the potential for the hottest-year record to be surpassed along the way. Overall, the reports present a high likelihood of breaching the international climate threshold set in 2015 and underscore that the near-term period is expected to be record-breaking for at least some years.
UN projections: next five years likely exceed 1.5°C and set new temperature records
Multiple outlets report new projections from the United Nations weather and climate community indicating that global temperatures are very likely to reach new highs in the next five years. According t...
- UN-linked projections indicate a high likelihood (around three out of four) that the next five-year period averages above 1.5°C over pre-industrial levels.
- The 1.5°C threshold is referenced as the international limit set in 2015, compared to a baseline often described as 1850–1900.
- Temperatures are projected to temporarily exceed 1.5°C at least once between 2026 and 2030.
- The projections indicate the hottest-year record is likely to be broken during the coming five years.
- Outlets describe expected repeated crossing of the 1.5°C level due to year-to-year variability.
In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.
2 months agoWASHINGTON (AP) — In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.
2 months agoA new World Meteorological Organization report gives a three-out-of-four chance that the next five years will average more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. That's the international safety limit set in 2015.
2 months agoIn the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.
2 months agoThere are forecasts global temperatures will temporarily exceed 1.5C above the 1850-1900 average levels for at least one year between 2026 and 2030.
2 months agoA new report from the United Nations weather agency gives a three-out-of-four chance that the next five years will average more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures
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