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Act now or lose the chance, world's top scientists warn on climate change

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President Joe Biden speaks at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit on November 11, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. [AP Photo]

Scientists have issued a "final warning" on the climate crisis, citing rising greenhouse gas emissions that are pushing the world towards irreversible damage.

In the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), humans are responsible for all global heating over the past 200 years leading to a current temperature rise of 1.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, which has led to more frequent and hazardous weather events that have caused increasing destruction to people and the planet.

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