Have we left it too late? Red skies, Biblical floods, ice storms — it can feel like the climate is coming apart around us. Some say there is no more hope of turning things around.
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Die-off: Climate breakdown is expected to cause 250,000 additional deaths per year. Glossary
Ice storm - A storm of freezing rain that leaves a coating of ice.
Mediterranean - A sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean. It has the shores of Europe on one and the shores of north Africa on the other, as well as shoreline in Asia.
Gulf stream - A warm and swift Atlantic Ocean current that follows the eastern coastline of the US and Canada before crossing the Atlantic Ocean towards Europe. It keeps the climate of Western Europe much warmer than it would otherwise be.
IPCC - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a global collaboration of top climate scientists to produce annual reports on global warming.
UAE - The United Arab Emirates is a country in the Middle East, and the location of Dubai.
COP28 - The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as the Conference of the Parties).