“Catastrophic floods, crop-wilting droughts, and record heatwaves this year have shown that climate change warnings are increasingly becoming reality, and this is ‘just the beginning’ experts say, as international efforts to cut planet-heating emissions founder.
“The year did see some important progress, with major new legislation, particularly in the United States and Europe, as well as a deal at UN talks to help vulnerable countries cope with an increasing onslaught of devastating climate impacts.
“But the goal of keeping warming within a safer limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius since the pre-industrial era appears in peril, with carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels – the main driver of global heating – on track to reach an all-time high in 2022.”
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