General Article Climate change: World has the money and the means to stop crisis but isn’t doing so, warns major UN

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The IPCC synthesis report sets out how the world can stick to its 1.5°C, but says that countries are substantially off track to meet it.

By Daniel Capurro, Environment Correspondent

The world has the money and the means to tackle climate change but still isn’t doing so, UN scientists have said after the publication of a landmark report.

Average global temperatures have already increased by 1.1°C and much of the warming for the next decade or so is already locked in because of ongoing emission...

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