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World warming at record 0.2 C per decade

PARIS: Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned Thursday in a sweeping climate science update.

From 2013 to 2022, 'human-induced warming has been increasing at an unprecedented rate of over 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade,' they reported in a peer-reviewed study aimed at policymakers.