The report recommends a new strategy of 'overshoot,' where global temperatures rise above 1.5 degrees Celsius and then gradually cool back below the limit by the end of the century. ^[1] The United Nations Environment Programme issued a report on Wednesday stating that Earth will exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming threshold due to burning coal, oil, and gas. ^[2] The report identifies tipping points including the loss of the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, the loss of the Amazon rain forest, and the shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean circulation system. ^[3] United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stated that humanity is speeding past the limit to avoid climate catastrophe. ^[4] Scientists and U.N. officials recommend a new strategy of limiting excessive warming and then bringing temperatures back down to the agreed-upon threshold. ^[5] The report envisions a future where global temperatures pass 1.5°C within the next few years, follow a hump-shaped path of more warming, peak, and then gradually cool to below the 1.5 mark, ideally by the end of the century. ^[6]