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UNEP Warns 1.5-Degree Warming Overshoot Is Unavoidable as Kazakhstan Grapples With Coal Dependence

By Alina Zhalmaganbetova on 26 October 2026

ASTANA – The world can no longer prevent warming from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but deep emissions cuts could still limit the overshoot and bring temperatures back by 2100, according to the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report 2026 released Oct. 21. The global...