It’s probably too late for 1.5. On Monday, the UN’s top climate panel released a milestone report on the status of climate change, and according to scientists, it’s very unlikely the world will meet the most ambitious target of limiting global climate change rising 1.5 degrees Celsius. But POLITICO’s Zack Colman says things could still get much worse if bold action isn’t taken.

Zack Colman is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy.
Raghu Manavalan is an editor for POLITICO Audio.
Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.

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