The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that in order to keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius
In order to keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, net CO2 emissions must be at net zero.Representational Image/AFP
"Without rapid cuts in CO2 and other greenhouse gases, climate change will have increasingly destructive and irreversible impacts on life on Earth," the head of the World Meteorological Organisation Petteri Taalas said in a statement, adding, "The window of opportunity for action is almost closed."
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that in order to keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, net CO2 emissions must be at net zero, meaning the amount being pumped into the atmosphere must equal the amount being removed, either naturally or technologically.
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