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We're at a turning point on climate change. But most countries are still choosing fossil fuels over clean energy, report says
Source: CNN, Date: , 2020
Governments
of the world are at a "critical juncture" for shaping the climate's
future but are on course to produce too many fossil fuels in the decade ahead,
a new report has found.To
limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) -- which
scientists say would avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change --
countries need to wind down their fossil fuel production by 6% every year
between now and 2030, according to the 2020 Production Gap report.