Climate change has been on the world's radar for decades . Predictions made by scientists at oil giant Exxon in the early 1980s are proving accurate . The damage done by a hotter, more chaotic world is worsening and getting more expensive.

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Even so, many countries around the world are failing to meet their emissions targets , with major gaps found even this week between the commitments and actions needed to hold global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius.

This has put Earth on a dangerous path, as our new report on the state of the climate

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