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Earth has 30 years before carbon budget is blown
2014-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Governments have 30 years left before the chance of avoiding dangerous levels of global warming is lost, say scientists in a new report. They warn that at current emission rates the levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases will lock in warming of above 2C by the mid-2040s. And despite global calls to curb fossil fuel use, last year the scientists say emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement grew 2.3% to a record high of 36.1 billion tonnes. Next year they predict emissions will rise...
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