Five separate stories in recent days represent the past, present and future of the climate crisis. | Analysis by zbyronwolf
A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN has a team of journalists covering the climate crisis full time, and they have published five separate stories in recent days that represent the past, present and future of the crisis.
The past:The present:Read MoreThe future: More succinctly, these stories reflect that Earth has warmed nearly 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels, a threshold scientists have suggested is when the worst impacts of climate change will begin to occur.They reflect that there are already disastrous effects from climate change. The world is not curbing emissions fast enough to change the trend.