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U.K. actuaries and University of Exeter climate scientists on Thursday warned that 'the risk of planetary insolvency looms unless we act decisively' and urged policymakers to 'implement realistic and effective approaches to global risk management.
'If unchecked they could become catastrophic, including loss of capacity to grow major staple crops, multimeter sea-level rise, altered climate patterns, and a further acceleration of global warming.' The report was released as wildfires ravage California and shortly after scientific bodies around the world concluded that 2024 was the hottest year on record and the first in which the average global temperature exceeded a key goal of the Paris agreement: 1.
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