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The ambition to limit warming to 1.5°C was a key element of the Paris Agreement and viewed as existential for the low-lying countries that fought for inclusion of the target in negotiations. Climate finance is moving past old taboos and developing solutions that can enable the investment in adaptation, carbon removals, and methane abatement that are increasingly recognised as essential if we are to meet the realities of overshoot and secure long-term climate stability.