The world is heading for an “irrecoverable overshoot” of global warming unless governments take rapid action to cut greenhouse gas emissions. A new report by Climate Action Tracker (CAT) found that the planet will warm by 2.7°C on average by the end of the century if current policies remain unchanged. The projected 2.7°C warming overshoots the 1.5°C limit that countries agreed upon a decade ago, which is now expected to be surpassed in just a few years. Meteorologists have warned that beyond the 1.5°C threshold, already-harmful storms, heatwaves, and other extreme weather events could become intolerable for parts of the world. According to the report, progress on rejecting fossil fuels and cutting greenhouse gas emissions is not happening fast enough to stop global temperatures from rising. However, even if all pledges, targets, and other long-term commitments are fulfilled, the world will still warm by 1.9°C by the end of the century. The CAT report also highlighted reasons for optimism, including clean energy investment reaching twice the level of fossil fuel investment and electric vehicle adoption hitting new highs. The report comes as global leaders gather in Turkey for the annual COP31 climate conference, where talks have focused on the looming temperature “overshoot.”