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Greenpeace: Why the 1.5°C overshoot report must be an urgent call to action on climate change

Written By: - Date published: 9:03 am, September 3rd, 2026 - No comments

The UNEP’s new report ‘Limiting Overshoot’ outlines a pathway called “overshoot, peak and decline” to minimise and adapt to the impacts of an exceedance and an eventual return to 1.5°C.

Reaching Tipping Point

Written By: - Date published: 7:35 am, June 8th, 2012 - 24 comments

Two major new reports out yesterday (from the UN and in Nature) show the earth is headed for a tipping point: our consumption is unsustainable, and we’re degrading the environment.  Soon it will be beyond the point of return.