Eight years after its last full update on climate science, the United Nations on Monday published a report that delivered even starker warnings about how human-induced climate change is affecting the planet – and how damaging the impacts might get.
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said human influence was "unequivocally" to blame for warming the planet, and that some forms of climate disruption were now "locked in" for centuries.
"Today’s report makes for sobering reading, and it is clear that the next decade is going to be pivotal to securing the future of our planet. We know what must be done to limit global warming – consign coal to history and shift to clean energy sources, protect nature and provide climate finance for countries on the frontline ...
Diann Black-Layne, Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda, Lead Climate Negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States: Mohamed Nasheed, ambassador for the Climate Vulnerable Forum of 48 countries, and former Maldives president: "My personal opinion is that it will be impossible to limit the increase in temperature to 1.5 degrees."
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