Source: United Nations Environment Programme
A new spotlight report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) finds that as global temperature rise gets set to cross 1.5°C, pushing climate risks and impacts to dangerous new heights, the world must strive to return to below 1.5°C as soon as possible and simultaneously reduce the vulnerability of societies, communities and economies to climate impacts.
Journalists are invited to join a media briefing with the UN Environment Programme Executive Director, Ms. Inger Andersen and Prof. Debra Roberts, one of the report’s lead authors.
- Date: 1 September 2026
- Time: 8:00AM EDT / 2:00PM CEST / 3:00PM EAT
- Registration Link: Register for the briefing
The report, Limiting Overshoot: Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return, finds that the world can achieve this goal by acting now to get on an ‘overshoot, peak, and decline’ pathway.