IPCC report finds challenge in keeping global warming to 1.5C has become even greater

Accelerated action to adapt to climate change is essential in the rest of this decade to close the gap, all the while keeping warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, it said

Enough money currently exists to rapidly lower greenhouse gas emissions right now through "multiple, feasible and effective options", but existing barriers have to be reduced, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.

The UN-backed IPCC's final entry of its sixth assessment cycle, which examined the current state of play in relation to global climate change, concluded that five years after it highlighted the "unprecedented scale" of keeping global warming to 1.5C, that challenge has become even greater due to a continued increase in greenhouse gas emissions.