The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warns the world is on track to surpass the 1.5°C climate threshold within years, with warming potentially peaking at 1.8°C.

• The report, Limiting Overshoot, suggests a strategy of "overshoot, peak and decline" to minimize time above the 1.5°C limit.
• Key figures include UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen, who emphasize the escalating risks of extreme weather and irreversible climate system changes.
• The pathway requires immediate, deep emissions cuts, a rapid transition from fossil fuels, and eventual net-negative emissions, stressing that carbon removal should supplement, not replace, emission reductions.