The world is approaching a point of no return to combat climate change and prevent irreversible damage caused by global warming, a report released Monday by the United Nations concludes.
The warning from the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is reminiscent of past doomsday rhetoric calling for immediate and extreme action that often draws skepticism from critics over the urgency of the problem.
The assessment, the sixth in a series of findings by scientists who analyzed data and information already available on the climate, states that the rate of temperature increase in the last 50 years is the highest in 2,000 years and carbon dioxide is at its highest levels in at least 2 million years. “There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all,” the report states in a summary section for policymakers.
The report also noted that less developed countries, which contribute the least to climate change, will be impacted the most and that the international community should direct money to those areas for mitigation efforts.
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