World leaders warned time is running out to close widening emissions gap

Jessica Shankleman
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United Nations Environment Programme calls on governments to step up action to prevent catastrophic climate change

As world leaders prepare to meet in Poland for the latest United Nations summit on climate change, a major new report has warned that the chance to limit global temperature rises to below 2C is swiftly...

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