The IPCC Chair speaking last week during the opening of the Scoping Meeting for the Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5C in Geneva, Switzerland. Full speech here: http://ipcc.ch/pdf/press/160815_statement_SR1_5_IPCC_Chair.pdf | IPCC

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