World on brink of hitting temperature limit
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A new study concludes that by 2025 the world could see a one-year spike in temperature, rising to 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era – the lower of two temperature limits set by the Paris Agreement on climate change
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TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE FROM PRE-INDUSTRIAL ERA 

1.6°C 
1.5°C
1.4 
1.2 
1.0 
0.8
0.6
0.2 
0 
-0.2 
-0.4
      1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000 2025
 
Data          
NOAA (U.S.)
NASA (U.S.) 
Met Office (UK)
Royal Meteorological Society (UK)
Meteorological Society of Japan

Multiple data sets 0.4 support findings

2016: Paris Agreement signed
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Sources: World Meteorological Organization, Met Office, BBC Picture: Pixabay (Pexels) © GRAPHIC NEWS