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World hurtling to climate danger zone, brakes half-pulled

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

Wind and solar generated 10% of global electricity for the first time in 2021, a new analysis shows.

The research shows the growth in the need for electricity last year was the equivalent of adding a new India to the world's grid. IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Wind turbine blades being made ready for export from China Solar and wind and other clean sources generated 38% of the world's electricity in 2021. For the first time wind turbines and solar panels generated 10% of the total. The share coming from wind and sun has doubled since 2015, when the Paris climate agreement was signed. The fastest switching to wind and solar took place in the Netherlands, Australia,