00:00The United Nations is sounding the alarm, warning that current global efforts to combat climate change are falling short.
00:08The driving force behind Future Warning, the UN says, remains the reliance on fossil fuels like gas, oil and coal.
00:16According to the report, the United States' decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement has dealt a setback to recent climate progress.
00:23Now, the gap is existential to many countries and many communities, and so that's why we have to shine a light on it.
00:31Communities that will be flooded, fires will be raging, droughts will be happening, tropical storms will be more intense and more frequent,
00:41water is running out in a number of cities, large cities across the world.
00:45This is the reality now, and the greater the gap, quote-unquote, the slower our mitigation action.
00:54Before the Paris Agreement, the world was on track for a staggering 4 degrees Celsius temperature rise.
00:59Thanks to some progress, that risk has dropped, but experts warn much more needs to be done.
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