World has two decade window to stave off 'dangerous' climate change

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IPCC report author warns world must act now to ensure infrastructure built now does not lock in global economies to high carbon pathway

The world has a two decade window to build an efficient, low carbon society or risk being "locked-in" to a pathway towards dangerous levels of climate change, authors of the latest UN-backed climate change...

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