Rapid, unprecedented change needed to halt global warming, says UN

"There is clearly need for a much higher ambition level to reach even a 2 degrees target, we are moving more toward 3 to 5 (degrees) at the moment."

By Nina Chestney and Jane Chung, Reuters October 9, 2018
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LONDON/INCHEON, South Korea — Keeping the Earth’s temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius means making rapid, unprecedented changes in the way people use energy to eat, travel and live or we risk even more extreme weather and loss of species, a U.N. report said on Monday.

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