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Date Published: November 2021

1.9°C: New COP26 pledges bring projected warming to below 2°C for the first time in history

New Climate Resource analysis shows if all NDC and long-term pledges (as at 3 November 2021) are fulfilled and adequately supported, the best-estimate peak warming this century is 1.9 C.

This is still a far stretch from halting warming around 1.5K, but substantially improved over projections from just a few weeks ago. This was widely reported globally including in: The ABC, The Age, The Australian Financial Review, The Conversation, Earth.com, The Guardian, The Independent (UK), New Scientist, Renew Economy, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Times (UK), and 9News, amongst others. The briefing paper is available here.