Adaptation too slow as world set to breach 1.5°C: Unep

Argus Media · Argus Media · 2026-11-04 11:00 UTC

Global adaptation, or adjusting to the effects of climate change where possible, is not moving quickly enough as the world is set to breach a key climate target in the next few years, a report from the UN Environment Programme (Unep) found today.

Global adaptation, or adjusting to the effects of climate change where possible, is not moving quickly enough as the world is set to breach a key climate target in the next few years, a report from the UN Environment Programme (Unep) found today.

The Paris climate agreement seeks to curb the global rise in temperature to "well below" 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and pursues a 1.5°C limit. But an overshoot of the 1.5°C target is "inevitable", Unep said in September, as mitigation — action to cut emissions — has not been sufficient.

"Limiting the magnitude and duration of overshoot through rapid and ambitious mitigation, while managing its consequences through accelerated adaptation, is therefore increasingly urgent", Unep said today.

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