UNEP Warns Irreversible Climate Damage as 1.5°C Nears

A new United Nations report says Earth may soon become more than 1.5°C warmer than before large-scale industrialization.

This could make extreme weather and damage to nature worse.

Some effects might improve if warming slows, but others may last for a very long time.

For example, glaciers may not return even if temperatures later fall.

Rising seas and the extinction of species can also be difficult or impossible to reverse.

Climate change is already forcing some farming families in India to move or change jobs.

Poorer countries often suffer the most even though they caused less of the historical pollution.

Balakrishna Pisupati said countries that have emitted the most should help vulnerable countries respond.

He said promises must become real action to protect people and communities.