The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, says the report, described it as 'a code red for humanity.'..............
Hoesung Lee, Chair of the IPCC was quoted to have said “This report reflects extraordinary efforts under exceptional circumstances.”
The highly anticipated report by the UN’s climate panel highlighted that limiting global warming to close to 1.5 degrees Celsius or even 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels “will be beyond reach” in the next two decades without immediate, rapid, and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Tipping points are explained as the irreversible change in the climate system locking in further global heating.
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