One of the world’s most influential environment scientists has told a Scottish audience climate change is now “happening at a rate we’ve never seen before”.
World leaders set a target in 2015 to keep the heating of the planet to no more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels - but record warmth this year has left that goal on a knife-edge. In his address, he warned humanity had reached “the end of the road” in converting any more land for agriculture, infrastructure or building towns and cities.
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