German climate researcher Mojib Latif sees the two-degree threshold as increasingly shaky, criticises climate conferences, and calls for drastic measures. 

The Earth is not supposed to warm by 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial times — and if it does come to that, the rise must at least be kept below two degrees. That is the goal of the Paris climate conference, which the international community agreed on around eight years ago. But according to the UN Environment Programme, this goal is at serious risk of failing spectacularly. Average warming already stands at 1.3 degrees Celsius, and the continent of Europe has warmed at twice that rate.

In many countries, people are protesting for better climate protection. According to experts, however, the internationally agreed 1.5-degree target is no longer achievable without an "overshoot".

German climate researcher Mojib Latif has now weighed in on the matter. "I find it downright ridiculous that global politics is still clinging to the 1.5-degree target," he told the newspapers of the Mediengruppe Bayern on Tuesday. "In practice, it's already been broken long ago." The expert is calling for a departure from the goal of limiting global warming to a maximum of 1.5 degrees compared to the pre-industrial era.

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