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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9KJxanr03U In the couple of weeks leading up to COP26, scientists continued to sound the alarm bell over the perilous state of the climate. The World Meteorological Organization in the latest edition of its Greenhouse Gas Bulletin showed that despite a brief letup over the early phase of the coronavirus pandemic, the abundance of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MtSN_MsXAU In a landmark report for the future of our planet, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Monday issued a 'code red for humanity'. Observing changes across every region of the planet on a scale unprecedented in many cases for thousands of years, the report states that humans are 'unequivocally' to blame for rising greenhouse gas emissions, which are...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSBydPkLEII Changing consumption patterns and reduced travel as nations closed their borders and citizens were forced to stay at home quickly led to lower levels of pollution during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. By the middle of April 2020, global carbon dioxide emissions had decreased by 17 percent compared to mean levels for 2019. Air pollution, which by World...