October 2026
At the beginning of September, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published its report “Limiting Overshoot – Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return”. The report highlights that, despite progress in climate action, global warming is expected to exceed the 1.5°C threshold within the next few years. The report makes clear that exceeding this threshold will have far-reaching consequences for people, the environment and the economy.
The best remaining option is to keep the exceedance of the 1.5°C threshold as short as possible, followed by a decline in global temperatures by the end of the century, alongside measures to adapt to unavoidable climate impacts.
The report also explicitly addresses Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), identifying both conventional and novel approaches as important components in reducing global temperatures in the long term. However, it emphasizes that these approaches must complement reductions in greenhouse gas emissions rather than replace them.
From our perspective, it is important and welcomed that the UNEP report highlights the role of CO₂ removal in achieving long-term climate goals. However, greater consideration of Biochar Carbon Removal would have been desirable.
Read the full UNEP report here: Limiting Overshoot – Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return