IPCC report: 'now or never' if world is to stave off climate disaster

Greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025, say climate scientists in what is in effect their final warningAnalysis: IPCC spells out what's needed to avert climate disasterWhat does the IPCC report say?The world can still hope to stave off the worst ravages of climate breakdown but only through a "now or never" dash to a low-carbon economy and society, scientists have said in what is in effect a final warning for governments on the climate.Greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025, and can be nearly halved this decade, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to give the world a chance of limiting future heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Continue reading...