Amid record heat waves in the northern hemisphere this summer, it shouldn’t be any surprise that scientists have warned we’ve reached 1.5 degrees of warming
We’ve seen record temperatures across Asia, North America and Europe this summer.
And now we’ve been told that global temperatures rose to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels in July.
That’s been a point we’ve been warned for many years represents a tipping point for the climate, where impacts will begin compounding.