Humanity Speeding Past 1.5°C Climate Limit, Secretary-General Warns, Urging Immediate Action, in Message on Launch of Environment Report

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1. Wed, 2 September 2026

   25 reports
   • Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)04:00first to report
     Erderwärmung: Willkommen in dem Klima, das verhindert werden sollte

     Ein UN-Bericht erkennt erstmals an, dass sich die Welt in wenigen Jahren um mehr als 1,5 Grad Celsius erwärmt haben wird. Und empfiehlt, sich dem Pariser Klimaziel nun „von oben“ zu nähern. Aber wie soll das gehen?

   • UN Press04:00
     Humanity Speeding Past 1.5°C Climate Limit, Secretary-General Warns, Urging Immediate Action, in Message on Launch of Environment Report

     Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on the launch of the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) overshoot report:

   • Le Monde (France)04:00edited after publishing
     Le monde devra tout faire pour revenir sous le seuil de 1,5 °C de réchauffement après l’avoir dépassé, avertit l’ONU

     Le Programme des Nations unies pour l’environnement prend acte du dépassement prochain de l’objectif le plus ambitieux de l’accord de Paris, et dessine une nouvelle trajectoire afin de repasser dessous avant la fin du siècle. Celle-ci implique des efforts gigantesques et des transformations radicales.

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     • Le Monde English2 Sept, 10:58their copy
   • The Guardian World04:00
     Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’

     But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN report that warns every fraction of temperature rise intensifies destructive extreme weather, glacier melt, ecosystem loss, and island and coastal city submersion. The report by the Nairobi-based UN Environment Programme...

   • Google News - Top Stories04:01
     U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5 Degree Climate Target

     U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5 Degree Climate Target The New York Times Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’ The Guardian UN Says Global Warming Will Cross 1.5C Soon, Hit at Least 1.8C bloomberg.com Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone AP News Can we really reverse global warming after overshooting 1.5°C? New Scientist

   • NYT World04:01edited after publishing ×2
     U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target

     previouslyU.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5 Degree Climate Target

     Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.

   • Channel News Asia04:33
     UN says world must navigate 'reality' of 1.5°C overshoot

     Policymakers need to recognise that “the rules of the game are now changing”, a co-author of the UN report says, warning that existing climate plans are not prepared for a world that temporarily warms beyond 1.5°C.

   • France Info (France)05:01
     "Le défi n'est plus d'éviter le dépassement, mais de le gérer" : l'ONU appelle à faire face à la "réalité" d'un réchauffement climatique au-delà de 1,5°C

     "Nous devons désormais repenser notre gouvernance climatique pour faire face à une trajectoire de dépassement. Aucun de nos plans n'est préparé à cela", a souligné la climatologue Debra Roberts, coautrice du rapport pour les Nations unies.

   • Google News - Top Stories05:42
     Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone

     Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone AP News See more headlines & perspectives on Google News

   • Libération (France)07:04
     L’ONU appelle le monde à faire face à la «réalité» du réchauffement climatique au-delà de 1,5°C

     Pour la première fois, une agence des Nations unies avance des façons de s’adapter à la hausse des températures au-delà de cette barre symbolique. Mais ce constat et les solutions présentées suscitent les critiques d’associations.

   • Der Spiegel (Germany)07:46edited after publishing
     Klimakrise: Uno sieht 1,5-Grad-Marke bald gerissen und gibt neues Ziel vor

     previouslyUno sieht 1,5-Grad-Marke bald gerissen und gibt neues Ziel vor

     Ein Uno-Bericht erkennt erstmals an, dass sich die Erde in den kommenden Jahren um 1,5 Grad Celsius erwärmt haben wird. Generalsekretär Guterres sieht in Waldbränden und Überschwemmungen eine Warnung.

   • Die Zeit (Germany)08:56
     Klimakrise: UN: Anstieg über 1,5 Grad so kurz wie möglich halten
   • ANSA (Italy)09:36
     Onu, 'riscaldamento globale sopra 1,5°C nei prossimi anni'

     'Possibile limitare durata sforamento, ma servono mitigazione e adattamento'

   • Google News - Top Stories10:38
     The world is certain to overshoot a critical climate threshold, U.N. warns

     The world is certain to overshoot a critical climate threshold, U.N. warns The Washington Post Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone AP News Climate ‘Overshoot’ Is Coming—Are We Ready? Inside Climate News The world is on track to overshoot 1.5°C – but there’s a pathway out Euronews.com A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target. What happens now? The Conversation

   • France Info (France)10:41
     "La lutte pour limiter le réchauffement à 1,5°C, c'est la lutte pour l'humanité" : ce qu'il faut retenir du rapport de l'ONU sur le climat

     Les Nations unies ont présenté mercredi les moyens permettant de contenir le réchauffement climatique mondial une fois le seuil très symbolique de 1,5°C franchi, dans un rapport inédit.

   • Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)11:20
     Il riscaldamento globale sta per superare 1,5 gradi, l’allarme dell’Onu: eventi meteorologici estremi e collasso delle calotte polari

     Uno scenario tutt’altro che rassicurante per il futuro del Pianeta: a breve il riscaldamento globale supererà gli 1,5 gradi, il limite stabilito dall’Accordo di Parigi. È l’allarme lanciato da un nuovo rapporto del Programma delle Nazioni Unite per l’ambiente (UNEP), che sottolinea anche la necessità di lavorare per limitare questo sforamento e renderlo il più […] L'articolo Il riscaldamento globale sta per superare 1,5 gradi, l’allarme dell’Onu: eventi meteorologici estremi e collasso delle...

   • Tagesschau (Germany)11:32
     UN warnen vor deutlich höherer Erderwärmung

     Im Jahr 2015 wurde eine Grenze für die Erderwärmung festgelegt: 1,5 Grad Celsius, mehr darf es nicht werden. Doch diese Grenze ist nicht zu halten, mahnen die UN. Damit drohten schwerwiegende und wohl unumkehrbare Folgen. Von Karin Bensch.

   • Die Zeit (Germany)12:03
     Klimaziel der UN: 1,5-Grad-Ziel war gestern. Jetzt gilt der Overshoot

     Das globale Klimaziel ist nicht zu halten. Wussten Sie schon? Aber jetzt sagen es auch die UN. Und skizzieren das Verfehlen gleich als vorübergehend. Wollen wir’s hoffen!

   • N1 Info (Croatia)12:24
     UN: U nekoliko godina globalna temperatura premašit će ključan prag od 1,5 °C

     Globalni porast temperature premašit će ključan prag od 1,5 Celzijevih stupnjeva "unutar nekoliko godina", priopćilo je u srijedu UN-ovo tijelo za zaš

   • Anadolu Agency (AA)16:52
     UN warns global warming likely to exceed 1.5C within next few years

     UNEP says rapid emissions cuts could still limit overshoot, bring temperatures back down over time

   • Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy)17:36edited after publishing
     Onu: riscaldamento globale sopra 1,5°C nei prossimi anni ma si può invertire la rotta. Ecco cosa bisogna fare

     Il segretario generale Guterres: «Il caldo torrido, gli incendi devastanti e le inondazioni letali di quest’estate sono un avvertimento di ciò che ci attende»

   • navhindtimes.in19:50
     Global temperature rise to cross 1.5°C threshold: UN

     New Delhi: Global temperature rise is set to cross the 1.5-°C threshold, likely within the next few years, intensifying extreme weather, ecosystem loss and submersion of small island developi…

   • sbs.com.au20:30
     World on track to breach key 1.5-degree climate threshold

     A dire climate warning from the United Nations; The EU to tighten sanctions against Russia; And in sport, North Melbourne's boss speaks out on Clarkson's sacking.

   • Google News - Top Stories21:34
     UN report: The world is whiffing on its biggest climate goal - vox.com

     UN report: The world is whiffing on its biggest climate goal vox.com Limiting Overshoot - Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return UNEP - UN Environment Programme ‘Fight for humanity’: Avoiding a climate catastrophe means acting now UN News UN Warns Global Warming Will Exceed 1.5C and Must Be Reversed Bloomberg.com U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target The New York Times

   • islandsbusiness.com23:45
     Pacific warns of 1.5°C overshoot

     PACIFIC leaders and climate officials have warned that exceeding the 1.5°C global warming threshold will carry severe.

2. Thu, 3 September 2026

   5 reports
   • bworldonline.com02:49
     UN warns global warming will exceed 1.5C and must be reversed

     Since countries signed onto the 2015 Paris Agreement, the United Nations has regularly reported on the world’s progress at limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. A landmark UN report published today brings an end to that era — and the beginning of a new one. The world will likely surpass 1.5C in the […]

   • AllAfrica05:23
     Africa: UN Warns World Is Heading Past 1.5°c, but Window to Reverse Warming Remains

     [Capital FM] Nairobi -- The world is now on course to overshoot the 1.5°C climate threshold within the next few years, with even the most optimistic scenario projecting warming to peak at 1.8°C, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned.

   • Times of India07:38
     UN warns of climate risks, says 1.5°C breach likely within years
   • thestarphoenix.com23:05
     Canada must prepare for a 5°C hotter future and act now to avoid worst impacts: new federal report

     Latest scientific assessment shows rapidly cutting global emissions could contain the damage and avoid devastating weather extremes, including 10° C of

   • PBS NewsHour23:05
     Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says in report that maps path back below danger zone

     In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world must figure out how to get temperatures below the danger zone and back to safety, officials say.

3. Fri, 4 September 2026

   2 reports
   • tportal (Croatia)06:00
     Klimatski alarm iz UN-a: Ključni prag od 1,5 °C bit će premašen za samo nekoliko godina

     Svijet će postati sve topliji, a ključni prag od 1,5 stupnjeva Celzija premašit ćemo unutar nekoliko godina, upozorili su iz UN-a

   • Novinky (Czechia)21:02
     OSN varuje, že globální oteplení dosáhne za pár let 1,8 °C

     Podle zprávy OSN dosáhne globální oteplení i v tom nejoptimističtějším scénáři minimálně 1,8 °C, což výrazně překračuje cíl Pařížské dohody, který byl 1,5 °C. Zároveň vědci varují, že každý zlomek nárůstu teploty zesiluje ničivé extrémní povětrnostní jevy, tání ledovců, úbytek ekosystémů a zvyšování hladiny moří.

4. Sun, 6 September 2026

   2 reports
   • dailykos.com21:00
     Climate ‘overshoot’ is coming—are we ready?

     If global warming remains above 1.5 degrees Celsius, a new U.N. report says “there are no good outcomes.”…

   • matangitonga.to23:29
     World set to cross 1.5°C global warming, U.N. warns

     Nairobi, Kenya: Global temperature rise is set to cross 1.5°C, likely within the next few years, pushing climate risks and impacts to increasingly dangerous heights. A a new United Nations Environment Programme report says anticipated impacts include intensified extreme weather, ecosystem loss, and submersion of Small Island Developing States and low-lying coastal cities.

5. Mon, 7 September 2026

   2 reports
   • El País (Spain)03:30
     Audacia ante la urgencia climática

     Adaptarse a un planeta golpeado por los fenómenos extremos es el mayor desafío de la humanidad y exige visión política, planificación e inversiones sin precedentes

   • Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)06:12
     “Politica sorda alla crisi climatica e agli interessi dei giovani. Nucleare? Non risolve nulla”: l’intervista al fisico Giorgi

     “La soglia di 1,5 gradi di aumento delle temperature globali identificata nell’accordo di Parigi? L’abbiamo già superata negli ultimi tre anni e a mio avviso si tratta di una soglia che ormai ci ‘siamo giocati’”. Filippo Giorgi, fisico del clima, ricercatore emerito presso l’ICTP di Trieste e membro del gruppo dell’IPCC vincitore del Nobel nel […] L'articolo “Politica sorda alla crisi climatica e agli interessi dei giovani. Nucleare? Non risolve nulla”: l’intervista al fisico Giorgi proviene da...

6. Tue, 8 September 2026

   3 reports
   • ČT24 (Czechia)09:44
     Připravte se na nový svět, radí OSN. Planeta se oteplí o víc než 1,5 stupně

     Rok 2024 znamenal začátek nové éry. Byl totiž prvním, kdy průměrná globální teplota překročila úroveň před průmyslovou revolucí o 1,5 stupně Celsia. Nová zpráva OSN teď přiznává, že se lidstvo bude muset – přinejmenším dočasně – smířit s tím, že tato symbolická hranice bude překročená nejen na jeden rok a že oteplení dosáhne nejméně 1,8 stupně. Zpráva současně popisuje, co to pro civilizaci znamená.

   • Al Jazeera English10:58
     ‘Limit overshoot, peak, decline’: A new global goal for climate change?

     The world agreed to limit temperature rises in 2015; that aim is proving impossible. Is it time for a course correction?

     1 reprint

     • aljazeera.com8 Sept, 10:58their copy
   • Channel News Asia21:59
     Commentary: Passing 1.5°C of global warming is cause for alarm, but not despair

     Limiting global warming to 1.5°C was a wonderful aspiration for the world, but it was a long shot, says a professor.

7. Wed, 9 September 2026

   1 report
   • Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)06:06
     “Clima, la soglia di 1,5°C di riscaldamento (che supereremo) non sia un alibi. La sfida è anche politica”

     “Una cosa è finire sott’acqua 50 volte all’anno, un’altra è farlo 100 volte. Non siamo più in grado di evitare un superamento temporaneo della soglia di 1,5 °C di riscaldamento globale, fissata dall’Accordo di Parigi, ma limitarsi a registrare il fallimento dell’obiettivo o, peggio, utilizzarlo come alibi per il disimpegno, porterebbe a risultati ancora più […] L'articolo “Clima, la soglia di 1,5°C di riscaldamento (che supereremo) non sia un alibi. La sfida è anche politica” proviene da Il...

8. Thu, 10 September 2026

   1 report
   • straitstimes.com04:00edited after publishing
     Are we giving up on a 1.5 deg C limit to global warming?

     A UN report warns global warming may exceed 1.5°C, urging urgent emissions cuts and fossil fuel phase-out to avoid catastrophic climate impacts. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.