The world is currently 1C warmer than preindustrial levels. The first round of Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday put Jair Bolsonaro into a strong position to carry out his threat to do the same and also open the Amazon rainforest to agribusiness. Donald Trump has promised to withdraw the US – the world’s biggest source of historical emissions – from the accord. Policymakers commissioned the report at the Paris climate talks in 2016, but since then the gap between science and politics has widened. “This is the largest clarion bell from the science community and I hope it mobilises people and dents the mood of complacency.” “It’s a line in the sand and what it says to our species is that this is the moment and we must act now,” said Debra Roberts, a co-chair of the working group on impacts.
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