Antalya, Turkey, Nov 15, 2026 (AFP) - Nations grapple with loss of 1.5C target at UN climate summit

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For a decade, the 1.5C goal has served as the north star of climate action, a line nations pledged to hold to avoid the worst ravages of a warming planet. But at this year's global climate conference -- the first since the United Nations said the 1.5C threshold would be missed -- nations appear unsure how to take the news. The world has already warmed about 1.4C above pre-industrial times and the UN declared in September that crossing 1.5C -- th......

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