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U.N. climate chief says next 2 years will be 'essential' to saving the planet

This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.

U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell speaks at Chatham House (AN/Jon Linden/U.N. Climate Change)

Just two years remain before humanity finds out if Earth will be spared from the worst effects of warming, the U.N.'s top climate official says.

This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans, making the next two years "essential in saving our planet," U.N. Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell told Chatham House in London on Wednesday.

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