UN report sets out stark reality of the climate crisis ahead of COP26 summit
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A NEW United Nations report sets out a stark message on the state of the climate crisis, raising pressure on governments in the run-up to the crucial COP26 summit in Glasgow this November.
The report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published today, is the first part of a review of current scientific knowledge about how the world is warming due to human activity.
Its message is expected to be even stronger than that of the previous IPCC report in 2013, with estimates of how soon global temperatures could rise 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, which experts warn would have dangerous consequences for humanity.
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