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UN report raises ceiling for greenhouse gas pollution
2015-11-06 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The U.N.'s environmental authority has quietly raised its assessment of the level at which global greenhouse gas emissions must peak to avoid dangerous climate change, as governments seek a new accord to fight global warming. In its first four annual emissions reports in 2010-2013, the United Nations Environment Program said emissions must not exceed 44 billion tons in 2020 for the world to limit global warming to 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F). But with real-world emissions rising far beyond...
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