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UN tells greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere has gone up

UN said that the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have increased. [Photo: AFP]

The levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, have hit a new record high, the UN said Thursday, warning that the time to act was running out.

Ahead of the COP 24 climate summit in Poland next month, top United Nations officials are again trying to raise the pressure on governments to meet the pledge of limiting warming to the less than two degrees Celsius, enshrined in the 2015 Paris accord.

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