Irrecoverable overshoot

 From the Guardian

Earth on track for 'irrecoverable overshoot' of 1.5C target, scientists find

Oliver Milman

The world is heading for an “irrecoverable overshoot” of global temperature thresholds that will plunge billions of people into disastrous climate impacts because governments have stalled for so long to cut planet-heating emissions, analysis has found.

Under current policies, the planet will heat up by 2.7C on average by the end of the century compared with preindustrial times, the report by Climate Action Tracker (CAT) found. This is up slightly from a prediction of 2.6C in the group’s analysis conducted last year.

This level of warming smashes the 1.5C threshold that was agreed by countries a decade ago but is set to be breached in just a few years. Scientists have warned that beyond this point already harmful storms, droughts, heatwaves, flooding and other impacts will become intolerable for parts of the world and potentially trigger runaway climate change that won’t be contained.

But politicians refuse to act on climate, give in to anti-climate lobbyists, and arrest people who protest about climate on the streets.  They don't care.  They won't take the steps necessary to cut emissions.