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Climate Overshoot: The World Beyond 1.5°C

Climate Overshoot: The World Beyond 1.5°C

The Climate Question vor 6 Tagen

The UN says we will pass our most important climate target. Is the damage irreversible?

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The United Nations says the world will pass its most important
climate target within a few years. So can we bring the planet's
temperature back down quickly? Or will the damage be
irreversible?

In 2015, world leaders agreed in Paris to try to keep the global
temperature below 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels to
avoid the worst effects of climate change.

But the UN now says what scientists call "overshoot" is
guaranteed, and it may have devastating consequences.

Experts are worried that the higher temperature may trigger
"tipping points" in vital parts of our planet's climate system,
including coral reefs, glaciers, rainforests and ocean currents.

Once past their tipping points, they could flip from helping to
keep the Earth cool to making it even warmer.

In this show, The Climate Question hosts Graihagh Jackson and
Jordan Dunbar talk to Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam
Institute for Climate Impact Research

Producers: Simon Watts, Melanie Stewart-Smith and Diane
Richardson Sound Mix: Tom Brignell and Phil Bull Editor: Simon
Watts