The report said the overshoot is not a point of no return, and that steps can be taken to ensure it is only temporary.

The world has officially moved past the point where preventing a temperature rise above 1.5°C will be possible, scientists said in a United Nations report released Wednesday, which made clear that communities can expect sea levels to continue rising, heatwaves to intensify, and hurricanes, wildfires, and flooding to become more frequent and dangerous — all climate impacts that experts have long…

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