“ 12-month mean global temperature likely will pierce the 1.5°C warming level before this time next year” This happened much sooner than expected. In fact, the

“ 12-month mean global temperature likely will pierce the 1.5°C warming level before this time next year” This happened much sooner than expected. In fact, the goal 25 years ago was to make that the upper limit. This was the thinking in 2001 when the United States bailed on the Kyoto Protocol: https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/03/20010314.html https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/20...