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Why is 1.5C overshoot unavoidable?
The 1.5C global heating target was established by the Paris Agreement to limit the most severe and irreversible impacts of climate change. Miliband's statement that an overshoot is now unavoidable reflects scientific consensus that current global emissions trajectories make it highly probable we will temporarily exceed this limit, even with significant mitigation efforts.
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