1880Global mean surface anomaly, by decade2026
DEGREES
The climate report
Issue 31 · July 2026
+1.6°
above pre-industrial, twelve-month mean
The year the target became a benchmark
1.5 was a ceiling. Now it's a datum line. What the overshoot decade demands of grids, crops and coastlines.
Also inside
08 — The grid that ran backwards
22 — Insurance retreats the map
37 — Enhanced weathering, audited