We are on a pathway to global warming of more than double the 1.5-degree limit agreed in Paris,� said Guterres. �Some government and business leaders are saying one thing � but doing another.� �Simply put, they are lying,� he added. �And the results will be catastrophic.� Despite the tough words by Guterres and report co-chairs, the full report, numbering thousands of pages condensed into a summary by governments and scientists, doesn�t single out individual countries for blame.
However, the figures show much of the carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere was released by rich countries that were the first to burn coal, oil and gas when the industrial revolution really got going in the 1850s.
The UN panel said about 40% of