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Going over 2°C: harm arrives fast and leaves slowly
We need urgent action on carbon emissions – missing our climate targets by even a small amount for a sustained period spells catastrophe for Earth’s species, writes JOANNE BENTLEY, ALEX PIGOT, ANDREA LS MEYER and CHRISTOPHER TRISOS
TORCHED: A view of the forest near the town of El Pont de Vilomara, Spain, as Europe struggles with a wave of wildfires driven by climate change

THE history of climate change is one of people slowly coming to terms with the truth. None but a small minority still question whether it’s real and caused by humans.

Now most grapple with the reality of trying to slow down catastrophic warming and the difference between solutions and false hope.

The concept of climate overshoot is the next thing we will need to get to grips with.

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