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A new IPCC report released this week says it’s already too late to turn back the climate damage that’s already been inflicted – and it’s going to get worse, says CJ ATKINS
APOCALYPSE NOW: The Parnitha mountain wildfire in the village of Ippokratios Politia, Greece, about 35 kilometres north of Athens

IT’S TOO late to reverse the massive damage humanity has done to the Earth’s climate, and deadly weather is already baked into our future. 

That’s the conclusion from a depressing new report issued on Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations body that forecasts the effects of human activity on the climate.

The grim assessment was confirmed by Linda Mearns, senior climate scientist at the US National Centre for Atmospheric Research. 

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