Global Warming Will Breach the 1.5 Degree Celsius Limit. Now What? NYT - Energy & Environment By: Chico Harlan 14 September 2026 at 15:36 As global temperature increase shoots past 1.5 degrees Celsius, the vulnerable countries that fought for that Paris Agreement target face a brutal new reality. Β© Olivier Morin/Agence France-Presse β Getty ImagesWildfires burning in southwestern France this summer.