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WMO warns of 1.5° C. limit by 2024
A key threshold of the 2015 Paris Agreement against the worst effects of global warming could be reached within five years, WMO warned.
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A key threshold of the 2015 Paris Agreement against the worst effects of global warming could be reached within five years, WMO warned.
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