May 28, 2025
News, Science
Scientists predict global warming of more than 1.5C for 2025-2029 period
The World Meteorological Organization says there is a 70% chance the global average temperature in these five years will be more than 1.5C hotter than pre-industrial times
Experts predict global warming of more than 1.5C in 2025-2029
There is a 70% chance that the 2025-2029 period will be more than 1.5C hotter than pre-industrial times, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) forecasters predicted in a report on Wednesday.
The 1.5C threshold is symbolically important, as all governments agreed in the 2015 Paris climate agreement to try to limit global warming to that level. Since then, diplomats presiding over climate talks have described the temperature goal as the world’s “North Star” and pledged to “keep 1.5 alive”.
The WMO’s forecasters argue that, if average global temperatures in the years from 2025-2029 are more than 1.5C hotter than the pre-industrial period of 1850-1900, this does not necessarily mean that the Paris Agreement goal would be breached. They and scientists working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) say temperature rises should be measured in 20-year not five-year averages.
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/28/scientists-predict-global-warming-of-more-than-1-5c-for-2025-2029-period/
