Report

No further discussion needed. The agreed global goal is to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C

March 2023

The agreed global goal is to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C. Now countries must act to make this happen.

This briefing explains the scientific and political process which led to countries committing explicitly to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C. Instrumental to these decisions was a process called: the Periodic Review of the long-term global goal under the Convention and of overall progress towards achieving it (PR2). The briefing also gives an overview how the Kyoto Protocol was implemented and which greenhouse gas reductions were achieved.