Financial Times · Climate Insight Tool IPCC AR6 / GCP Physics Benchmark

1.5°C Carbon Budget & Overshoot Trajectory Explorer

Interactive simulation of atmospheric carbon accumulation, remaining carbon budget depletion, and global temperature anomaly overshoot paths from 2020 through 2100.

Preset Pathways:
1.5°C Budget Depleted
2029
Threshold breached at 50% probability
Peak Temperature Anomaly
1.84°C
Occurs in 2049
1.5°C Overshoot Duration
53 yrs
Returns <1.5°C in 2082
CDR Net Negative Volume
210 Gt
Total removal needed by 2100

Global Net CO₂ Emissions (2020–2100)

Gt CO₂ per year

Temperature Anomaly Response (°C)

Above pre-industrial baseline
2026
Year global annual greenhouse gas emissions reach maximum before sustained decline.
3.5%/yr
Annual percentage reduction in gross emissions after peak (historical avg ~0.5–1.5%).
6.0 Gt/yr
Engineered & nature-based negative emissions scaled to draw down atmospheric carbon.

IPCC AR6 Trajectory Comparison Matrix

Scenario Name Peak Year Cut Rate CDR Floor 1.5°C Exhaustion Peak Anomaly Overshoot Years Status
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