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Some devastating impacts of global warming are now unavoidable, a major U.N. report found. But there is still time to stop things from getting even worse.

Monday, August 9, 2021 4:00 AM EST

Even if nations started sharply cutting emissions today, total global warming is likely to rise around 1.5 degrees Celsius within the next two decades, according to the report, issued on Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body of scientists convened by the United Nations.

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