overshoot

"Science now tells us that a temporary overshoot beyond the 1.5°C limit -- starting at the latest in the early 2030s -- is inevitable," he said.

“But it’s also true that, as we go through these investment cycles, there are moments where we overshoot, collectively as an industry.”

“When we go through these investment cycles, there are moments we overshoot as an industry,” Pichai said in an interview with the BBC, released on Tuesday.

But in recent weeks even the UN has said it accepts that overshooting this temperature is "inevitable".

But UN chief Antonio Guterres has acknowledged in recent weeks that it is now "inevitable" the 1.5C threshold will soon be breached, urging that the overshoot be kept as brief as possible.