The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable

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The target set in 2015 by the Paris Agreement—to limit global warming to 1. 5°C by 2100—has become unachievable within the span of a single decade, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) notes in its 2026 Emissions Gap Report. “The opportunity to bridge the 1. 5°C emissions gap with ‘no or limited’ overshoot has been lost,” states the report, titled “The Point of Return. ” Exceeding the 1. 5°C threshold above pre-industrial levels is now imminent and inevitable. Accelerate clean energy and electrification across every sector. Climate policies have delivered real emission reductions across the world and across sectors.

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