'Grave and mounting threat': IPCC again raises alarm that climate impacts are proving worse than feared

Cecilia Keating
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World’s top scientists have sounded alarm over intensifying impacts of climate change, warning that nature protection must be at the heart of efforts to tackle the problem

The world faces unavoidable and worsening climate hazards over the next two decades as global temperatures are driven up by human activity, with "irreversible impacts" on humans and ecosystems expected...

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