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Despite efforts to tackle climate change and limit global temperature increase to under 2 degrees Celsius in accordance with the Paris Agreement, a new report from U.N. Climate Change found that even if most countries follow their climate plans, it’s not enough to hit that goal and avoid severe consequences such as frequent droughts, heat, and rain.
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In 2016, 175 countries and the European Union signed the Paris Agreement—an international treaty on climate change that the parties are legally bound to—with the goal to keep global average temperatures from increasing by more than 2 degrees Celsius, and at an ideal limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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