Global warming target "impossible"

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Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'

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Leading scientists say long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius is now "impossible" The Paris climate accord of 2015 had pledged to hold end-of-century warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

At 2C , the impacts would be even greater, including irreversible loss of ice sheets, mountain glaciers and snow, sea ice and permafrost.

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