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    Business case for climate action grows as IPCC intensifies warnings

    Oct 09, 2018 4 minutes

    A new global report from scientists amounts to an urgent call for the world to act more quickly and forcefully to counter fast-rising threats from climate change.

    The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Monday said humanity’s window for action is quickly closing, if the goal of holding global warming to 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial averages is to be met. And the report emphasized the benefits of aiming for that target, rather than allowing temperatures to rise 2 degrees C or more due to the buildup of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.

    For coral reefs, for example, that half a degree could be the difference between a huge decline and a near-total

    A business imperative?A global problem demands concerted effort

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