'Two Years to Act On Greenhouse Gases' ; the World has Just Two Years to Take Drastic Action to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions If It Is to Avoid the Worst Effects of Climate Change, a Study Warns.

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The world has just two years to take drastic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if it is to avoid the worst effects of climate change, a study warns.

The Met Office's Hadley Centre, based in Exeter, has spelt out the scale of risk if countries do not act quickly, just weeks before world leaders meet to discuss the next big international treaty on cutting emissions.

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'Two Years to Act On Greenhouse Gases' ; the World has Just Two Years to Take Drastic Action to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions If It Is to Avoid the Worst Effects of Climate Change, a Study Warns.

The study from the research centre says that cutting global emissions by 3 per cent a year from 2010 offers the only hope of avoidin...

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