The world is set to smash through a key global warming threshold in the next five years, according to horror findings from scientists
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The research by the World Meteorological Organisation also found there was a 98 per cent chance the world would record our hottest year ever by 2027. “This updated forecast shows that the window to keep heating below the most dangerous levels is closing, and faster than we previously estimated. Scottish Green MSP Mark Ruskell said: “We need a dramatic shift away from the reckless and dangerous policies that have brought us to this point.
That temperature would mean the planet was 1.5C hotter than it was in the mid-19th century, when fossil fuel emissions from industrialisation began to kick in.
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