COP27 Fails to Agree on Measures to Accelerate Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Exceeding the 1.5C degree limit on warming now seems inevitable

A future of frequent extreme heat events awaits. Photo credit: Fabio Partenheimer

The major failure of COP27, the recent international climate negotiations, was the absence of any new commitments to limit warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. The source of this target, and the significance…