Scientific Assessment
2018
Global Warming of 1.5°C (Special Report)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Summary
A special report on the impacts of 1.5°C of warming above pre-industrial levels and the emission pathways that would be consistent with it, set in the context of sustainable development and poverty reduction.
Original summary written for The Free Degrees. Not an official abstract.
Key themes
Differences between 1.5°C and 2°C of warming
Pathways and system transitions
Links with sustainable development
Findings
Findings are not restated here. Please read them in the original source, where they appear with their stated confidence and context.
Citation
IPCC (2018). Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report. Cambridge University Press.