Greenhouse gas levels are at levels not seen in the past five million years and time is running out to save Earth from the worst effects of climate change, a UN report said.
Since 1990, there has been a 41 percent increase in the warming effect by various greenhouse gases on the climate, said the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday.
"The science is clear. Without rapid cuts in CO2 and other greenhouse gases climate change will have increasingly destructive and irreversible impacts on life on Earth. The window of opportunity for action is almost closed," said WMO's Secretary-General Petteri Taalas in a statement.
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