Study: Over-consumption and corporates not adapting means climate goal 'not plausible'

Shell has since refuted the charge by Global Witness, claiming its "energy transition" investments account for more than one third of Shell’s total. File photo

It is currently "not plausible" to limit global warming to 1.5C because of excessive consumption and slowness of corporations to take necessary action, a new study has found.

According to the Paris agreement of 2015, a temperature rise limit of 1.5C is the number that scientists say is needed to stave off the very worst climate change fallout.