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There is no scenario to keep global warming to 1.5C that allows coal to be burned for electricity by the middle of this century, a major United Nations climate report says.
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report concludes human-caused greenhouse gas emissions have already pushed global average temperatures up by 1C since the second-half of the 19th century.
Warming is higher than the 1C average over land, with temperatures as much as three times higher in the Arctic, causing melting. Extreme temperatures, rainfall and sea levels have been pushed higher.
Massive and rapid transformations across societies will be needed to keep to a 1.5C target, with dramatic cuts to fossil fuel use across all sectors of society.
