which finds that, due to carbon emissions, global temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial levels — the milestone set during the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, which sought to create a global consensus on combating climate change — within the next 10 to 20 years. Higher global temperatures will inevitably result in rising seas and increased climate extremes, and the IPCC report confirms that some of these changes are now unavoidable.the U.S.
But grassroots climate activists believe that the Paris Agreement doesn’t go nearly far enough. They’ve noted that, and, most crucially, is nonbinding for participating countries. “The Paris Agreement is a starting point — it's a commitment to commit. Anything the U.S.