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Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone
Phys.org Wednesday 02 September 2026, 07:38 UTC 1 min read
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In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world must figure out how to get temperatures below the danger zone and back to safety, officials say.

In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world must figure out how to get temperatures below the danger zone and back to safety, officials say.
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