0 11/12/2019 We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN IEnvironment IThe Guardian This article is more than 8months old We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN Urgent changes needed to cut risk of extreme heat drought, floods and poverty, says IPCC Overwhelmed by climate change? Here's what you can do. Jonathan:·watts Global environment editor Mon 8 Oct 2018 07.23 BST The world's leading climate scientists have warned there is only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.SC, beyond which even half a degree will significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people. The authors of the landmark report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released on Monday say urgent and unprecedented changes are needed to reach the target, which they say is affordable and feasible although it lies at the most ambitious end of the Paris agreement pledge to keep temperatures between l.SC and 2C. file:///C:/Users/David/Documents/Dave's Documents/Motor/We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN _ Environment _ The Gu... 1/5 11.201
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