Reports: IPCC to warn planet on course to exceed 1.5C of warming by 2040
Leaked draft report provides stark warning the current trajectory of manmade climate change will see planet overshoot higher ambition Paris Agreement goal
The planet is on course to overshoot the 1.5C temperature goal set out in the Paris Agreement as early as 2040, presenting a huge threat to the global economy, according to a draft report from the UN's...
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