Report claiming global temperature rise will top 1.5C by 2030s divides scientists

Climate Council report says most emissions cuts need to occur in the next decade to keep global heating below 2C

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A report by the Climate Council claiming that the global average temperature rise will likely breach 1.5C by the 2030s has caused division in the scientific community.

The report, published on Thursday, follows controversy over similar arguments made in a review by the Australian Academy of Science, which said global aspiration of limiting global heating to 1.5C was now virtually impossible" to achieve.