
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia, September 8 (IPS) – The world is now expected to breach the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit that small island states have spent years defending as a threshold for survival.
Read the full story, “What 1.5°C Overshoot Means for Small Islands”, on globalissues.org →

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