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Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN

UNEP warned that the planet is on a path for disastrous heating of between 2.5C and 2.9C by 2100. Based just on existing policies and emissions-cutting efforts, global warming would reach 3C.

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Nov 23, 2023, 06:44 AM

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN — During the fire in the village of Gennadi, on the Greek island of Rhodes, on July 25, 2023. ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP

During the fire in the village of Gennadi, on the Greek island of Rhodes, on July 25, 2023. ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP

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Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN

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