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Key points from the dramatic IPCC report on climate change

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released Monday, August 9, the most important since 2014, shows unequivocally that global warming is proceeding faster than expected and that virtually all of it is a consequence of human activity.

Here are some of the report's key points:

GOODBYE, 1.5 ºC, HELLO OVERHEATING

By 2030, the average global temperature is expected to be 1.5°C or 1.6°C higher than pre-industrial-era levels under the five scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions--evolving from the most optimistic to the most pessimistic . . .

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