![]() “It confirms what we already know from thousands of previous studies and reports – we are in an emergency,” Thunberg said. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said the long-awaited report contained “no real surprises”. “This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels before they destroy our planet.” Global heating is affecting every region on Earth, with many of the changes becoming irreversible. “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. “Today’s IPCC Working Group 1 Report is a ‘code red’ for humanity,” Guterres said. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded on Monday that drastic cuts to emissions are needed in order to hold the global temperature to under the 1.5C (2.7F) limits set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. A UN climate report that predicts quicker global warming than anticipated just three years ago “must sound a death knell” for coal, oil and gas and is “code red” for humanity, according to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. ![]()
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