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Rick Duke is a former deputy to the special presidential envoy for climate, president of Gigaton Strategies, and a visiting professor at the University of Maryland Center for Global Sustainability.

Scientists have concluded that 1.5 degrees of sustained warming brings severe consequences, and the risk of irreversible damage rises sharply above that threshold.

A United Nations report published in or before September 2026 stated that global warming will soon exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal.

According to the authors of a September 2026 Foreign Policy article, the best plausible outcome for global warming is a peak near 1.8 degrees Celsius.

In the 2015 Paris Agreement, nations agreed to strive toward a goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Nigel Purvis is the CEO of Climate Advisers, a former senior U.S. climate negotiator, and a professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

The Syrian cities of Khan Sheikhun, al-Maarra (Maarrat al-Numan), and Saraqib are located on the M5 highway.

As of late September 2026, protests over fuel prices in Syria had spread to the northeastern provinces of Raqqa and Hasakah.

On September 15, 2026, there were burn marks on the M5 highway in Syria following a protest in Maarrat al-Numan.

As of late September 2026, the Syrian parliament was scheduled to hold a session to discuss recent fuel price hikes and their impact.

A person identified as Feve advised that the Syrian government should not lift all subsidies at once, but rather phase them out over several years with a long-term plan.

As of September 2026, a man named Ahmed was running a food stand on Syria's M5 highway to help support his 18-member family.

According to Benjamin Feve of Karam Shaar Advisory, Syria sustained a $1 billion fiscal deficit in the first half of 2026.

Mohammed Khishan, a taxi driver in Maarrat al-Numan, stated in mid-September 2026 that he had only two trips that day, compared to his usual 10 to 15, due to the fuel price protests.

Mohammed Khishan, a taxi driver in Maarrat al-Numan, participated in fuel price protests in mid-September 2026.

Benjamin Feve of Karam Shaar Advisory stated that the Syrian government has a policy to lift subsidies on energy products.

Mahmoud Albish, a minivan driver in Syria, stated that prior to the September 2026 price hike, he was paying about $60 per day for diesel.

According to taxi driver Mohammed Khishan, the fuel price protests in Maarrat al-Numan in mid-September 2026 were a spontaneous reaction to the news and were not coordinated via apps like WhatsApp.

An unnamed person at a transport company in Maarrat al-Numan, Syria, claimed in September 2026 that the prime minister of the Netherlands uses a bicycle.

Hassan al-Doodi and Hosam al-Asfar opened a woodwork shop along the M5 highway in August 2025.