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Humans are to blame – is this the wake up call we need?
A landmark climate change report concludes global warming is widespread, rapid and intensifying. Humans are to blame
It’s the world’s largest ever report into climate change – and it serves as a stark wake up call for the world to take action.
According to the report – climate change is now “affecting every inhabited region across the globe”.
The study by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change looked at more than 14,000 scientific papers.
The report setting out the stark reality of the state of the planet – concluding that human activities are ‘unequivocally’ causing climate change, and making extreme weather events more frequent and severe.
The report warns we could reach 1.5 degrees warning in the next decade – without immediate action.
According to the most ambitious scenario – global warming would likely hit 1.5C by about 2035
The Secretary-General of the United Nations says the report “is a code red for humanity”
The authors also say a two metre rise in sea levels by the end of the century is a possibility.
“The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk.”
António Guterres says