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UK Must Prepare for Planet to Warm Beyond Paris Agremeent’s Target

Bloomberg.com · last updated

The UK should prepare for more extreme weather as the world will likely miss the Paris Agreement’s target to limit global warming, the government’s official climate adviser said.

The country should brace for warming of at least 2 degrees Celsius by 2050 and as much as 4C by the end of the century, the Climate Change Committee said in a letter on Wednesday. It was responding to a request for advice from the government about likely future climate scenarios.