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UN warns Earth is on track to heat up between 2.6C and 3.1C by end of century

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The world is already 1.4C hotter than it was before the Industrial Revolution and gas emissions are only rising.

The 2015 Paris Agreement saw countries around the world agree to try and limit global warming to 1.5C by cutting carbon emissions.

But the UN has now warned there is just a 14% chance we will be able to stay below this threshold.

At 3C, the world will have passed several key catastrophic points and the change will be irreversible.