The world is careening toward 3 degrees of warming, UN says ahead of climate conference

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By Naveena SadasivamNov 21, 2023, 4:45 am174 pts
The landmark Paris climate agreement called for nations to keep global temperature increase to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius, with an aspiration of limiting it to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial average. The benchmarks are supposed to stave off some of the worst effects of climate change. But…

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