On current trends, humanity would spend the estimated safe budget of Earth-warming greenhouse gases within 20-25 years, the experts said, and urged a quick and dramatic transformation of the energy sector.
“The world is at a critical crossroads,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a message read to the gathering of nearly 2,000 academics from around the world.
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Analysis of emissions curbs pledged by nations to date to underpin the new climate rescue pact, showed the combined effort will “not be sufficient to meet the 2 degree target,” said Ban.
“Clearly strong action still needs to be taken.”
The four-day international science huddle opened Tuesday in the French capital, which will also host a November 30-December 11 UN climate conference for 195 nations to thrash out the long-awaited agreement.
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