New UN report outlines 'urgent, transformational' change needed to hold global warming to 1.5°C
- Written by Mark Howden, Director, Climate Change Institute, Australian National University
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A landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, commissioned at the breakthrough 2015 summit that brokered the Paris climate agreement, outlines what’s at stake in the world’s bid to limit global temperature rise to 1.5℃.
The report, released today, sets out the...