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The UN Environment Programme warns world will overshoot 1.5°C – but return remains possible

A new UN Environment Programme report warns that the world will likely breach the 1.5°C warming threshold, but rapid emissions cuts and adaptation can limit the damage and reverse the overshoot.

The UN Environment Programme warns world will overshoot 1.5°C – but return remains possible

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The great silence: why haven’t we found any aliens yet? – podcast

Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. So where are they? By Adam Kirsch. Read by James Sobol Kelly Read the text version here Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpod Adapted from We Want to Believe: How Aliens Went Mainstream and Why It Matters…

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