‘Limit overshoot, peak, decline’: A new global goal for climate change?

A report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) indicates that the Earth's temperature will soon exceed the 1.5 °C threshold due to ongoing fossil fuel burning. The report, titled Limiting Overshoot, proposes an 'overshoot, peak, and decline' pathway to bring temperatures below this threshold by the end of the century. The impacts of rising temperatures, such as the recent catastrophic floods in Nepal, could become more frequent if corrective measures are not taken.