UN panel warns opportunity to stop climate change fading fast

Copenhagen: The world must stop almost all greenhouse gas emissions through a phased elimination of fossil fuels by 2100 if we are to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, a new United Nations report says. And the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged companies to disinvest from fossil fuel-based industries.
There are “multiple pathways” that will keep global warming below 2 degrees, according to the IPCC’s “synthesis report” released on Sunday.Read More..

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