"They don't listen. They don't want to listen' We need to keep the 1.5C goal it is a lifeline for the planet. We agreed it in Paris 10 years ago. If we don't stick to it, we face devastating impacts, all over the world, but especially for low-lying areas. They are the first to feel the sea-level rises, but there are many more impacts cyclones, storms, extreme weather that we are already seeing."
"Or they say: Oh, 1.5C is in the past; we are already through 1.5C; don't talk about 1.5C. But that's not true either. There has been a year when [global temperatures] were over 1.5C, the hottest year ever, but that does not mean the end of the story. The Paris agreement does not depend on one year, or two years; it needs to be measured over a longer period."
Delegates from vulnerable, low-lying countries insist on maintaining the 1.5C global warming limit as a vital lifeline to prevent devastating sea-level rise, cyclones, storms and other extreme weather. Some countries in the negotiations oppose strong measures, dispute IPCC findings, or argue that 1.5C is already surpassed and therefore irrelevant. The Paris Agreement's 1.5C goal must be assessed over longer periods rather than single-year anomalies. Negotiations often become contentious and dehumanizing as vulnerable-country delegates repeatedly defend science-based commitments while facing opposition and attempts to weaken measures that would enable keeping warming to 1.5C.
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