{"id":122819,"date":"2026-09-04T14:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=122819"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:19:14","slug":"limiting-overshoot-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/limiting-overshoot-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Limiting Overshoot Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Limiting Overshoot Report Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new Limiting Overshoot report suggests the world will likely \u201covershoot\u201d, or temporarily breach, the 1.5\u00b0C target of warming above preindustrial temperatures within the next few years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Limiting Overshoot Report<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is released by the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/united-nations-environment-programme-unep\/\" target=\"_blank\">United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has for the first time set out an <\/span><b>overshoot, peak and decline pathway<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, warning that breaching the 1.5\u00b0C global warming limit is now unavoidable.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Highlights of the Report Limiting Overshoot Report<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even a scenario in which every country delivers on its national climate plan and net-zero target <\/span><b>puts peak warming at 1.8\u00b0C.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the report, current policies point to a <\/span><b>rise of about 2.6\u00b0C by 2100<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a range of 1.9\u20133.6\u00b0C.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time spent above 1.5\u00b0C carries compounding costs such as <\/span><b>faster sea-level rise<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, coral reef collapse, <\/span><b>glacier loss<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> exceeding a quarter of <\/span><b>global mass by 2100,<\/b> <b>declines of up to 14<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">% in <\/span><b>global food production by 2050<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without effective adaptation,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Irreversible tipping points<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and the Amazon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It placed <\/span><b>significant stress on methane<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and suggested that cutting it is described as the most effective way to slow warming in the near term.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-climate\/unep-1-5-degree-overshoot-climate-report-10862165\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Limiting Overshoot Report is released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 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