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CNN: UN report warns ‘the climate time bomb is ticking’

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/03/21/exp-united-nations-climate-change-report-fst032112aseg1-cnni-world.cnn

CNN’s John Vause speaks to scientist Katharine Hayhoe about a United Nations report that shows the world is running out of time to avoid catastrophe
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(Reuters) – U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the “climate time bomb is ticking” as he urged rich nations on Monday to slash emissions sooner after a new assessment from scientists said there was little time to lose in tackling climate change.

“The rate of temperature rise in the last half century is the highest in 2,000 years,” he said. “Concentrations of carbon dioxide are at their highest in at least 2 million years. The climate time-bomb is ticking.”

In a recorded address, Guterres described the sixth “synthesis report” from the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as “a survival guide for humanity” and urged developed countries to commit to reaching net zero emissions by the earlier date of around 2040.

 

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