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U.N. warns significant carbon cuts needed

A new U.N. report cautions the world must begin cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 7.6% a year starting in 2020 to meet global targets.

Power lines extend from South African coal-fired power plants
Power lines extend from South African coal-fired power plants (AN/Clint Mason)

GENEVA (AN) — A new United Nations report cautions the world must begin cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 7.6% a year starting in 2020 to meet global targets for avoiding the worst effects of planetary overheating.

U.N. Environment warned — as it did in a similar report last year — the gap is dangerously wide between the goal of limiting global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius this century and the reality of what is politically achievable.

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