Hundreds of the world’s leading climate researchers are worried that global warming will exceed 2.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Only six percent of those surveyed still believe the 1.5-degree target can be met. This was revealed in a recent survey by The Guardian, which contacted all climate researchers who have worked for the IPCC as lead authors or review editors since 2018. 380 of the 843 IPCC researchers contacted responded.