Study Warns of ‘Irreversible Impacts’ From Overshooting 1.5°C, Even Temporarily

Just over a month away from the next United Nations climate summit, a study out Wednesday warns that heating the planet beyond a key temperature threshold of the Paris agreement—even temporarily—could cause “irreversible impacts.”The 2015 agreement aims to limit global temperature rise this century to 1.5ºC, relative to preindustrial levels.”For years, scientists and world leaders…