Warning that global warming is set to surpass the 1.5C threshold set in the Paris climate agreement within the next few years, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), in a new report, is urging an “overshoot, peak and decline” strategy to limit the risk of climate disasters like heatwaves, floods and wildfires,  

McGill experts are available to comment:

Jill Baumgartner is a Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Institute for Health and Social Policy and the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health. She also is an Associate Member of the McGill School of Environment and Director of the McGill Centre for Climate Change and Health. Prof. Baumgartner is currently in Nepal (9h45m ahead of Montreal).

jill.baumgartner [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Professor, is jointly appointed to the Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy in the School of Population and Global Health and the Bieler School of Environment. He is also an Associate Member in the Department of Economics. 

chris.barrington-leigh [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)

Robert Fajber is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences with expertise in climate modelling and climate impacts.  

robert.fajber [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Natalya Gomez is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. She is also a member of the Trottier Space Institute, the Bieler School of the Environment and the Brace Water Centre. Professor Gomez holds a Canada Research Chair in the Geodynamics of Ice Sheet - Sea Level Interactions. 

natalya.gomez [at] mcgill.ca (English)