'Climate crunch time': UN warns world risks over 3C warming without urgent action this decade

Michael Holder
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UN report stresses that capping warming at 1.5C remains affordable and technically possible, but only with immediate and unprecedented action from governments

Capping global warming at 1.5C remains technically possible, but only with unprecedented action from governments around the world to slash global greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 7.5 per cent...

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