The world is battling historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires, and deadly floods. A landmark report from global scientists says the window is rapidly closing to cut our reliance on fossil fuels and avoid catastrophic changes that would transform life as we know it.
The state-of-the-science report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the world has rapidly warmed 1.1 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels and is now careening toward 1.5 degrees. This is a critical threshold that world leaders agreed warming should remain below to avoid worsening impacts.
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