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World on track for catastrophic 3 degrees Celsius warming, UN warns (www.politico.eu)

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Current plans and policies will lead to 2.6 to 3.1 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, with zero chance of limiting the temperature increase to the totemic 1.5C target agreed in Paris in 2015, according to a new report out Thursday.

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[–] MashedHobbits@lemy.lol 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We’ve known for over a hundred years and barely done anything to even slow the rate down. Not surprising.