Five years the key to planet

Key decisions must be taken within five years on measures to tackle climate change if the world wants to cope with an expected doubling of energy demand over the next half century, the environmental group WWF said Tuesday.

Delays would expose the planet to dangerous warming within a lifetime or force even harsher and costlier measures that could cause significant damage to the global economy, WWF International said in a technical report.

“We have a small window of time in which we can plant the seeds of change and that is the next five years. We cannot afford to waste them,” he added.

AFP

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