‘Wasted year’ on emission cuts threatens climate meltdown
28 October 2022 |
5:24 am
The window to reign in climate-wrecking emissions and limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is fast closing, says a UN report. Societal transformation may be the only way to avoid a coming calamity.
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