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Unseen heat: is this the ‘end game’ of the climate?
To save the world from climate calamity, a complete energy transition is needed that is much bigger and faster than any previous one in world history, writes MARC VANDEPITTE

WE have been experiencing a very hot and dry summer. Some people quite like it and for our governments there is nothing wrong yet.

But actually, we should sound a big alarm. According to experts, if we do not change course soon, we risk ending up in the “climate end game.”

In the meantime, the orchestra on the Titanic is continuing to play.  

 Worrying facts are piling up

The unbearable heat of being

Endgame?

We are faced with a choice

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