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Overshoot briefing note

This report sets out global investment required in negative emissions technologies to return global temperatures to 1.5°C, and the human and environment impacts of an overshoot.

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A short review of ‘overshoot� pathways, a term used to describe a scenario in which global average temperature temporarily exceeds 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels before returning to below this warming level by 2100.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp report sets out both the very large global investment in negative emissions technologies that would be required to return global temperatures to 1.5°C and the additional human and environment impacts of an overshoot.

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Published 8 February 2024

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