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Climate Change

Major changes needed to reach 2050 net zero emissions: IEA

Sales of new combustion engine cars should be stopped by 2035, agency says

An IEA report is intended to guide the next round of global climate talks, which will take place in November in Scotland.   © Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) -- The window of opportunity for reaching net zero emissions by mid-century is narrowing unless the world radically changes the way energy is produced, used and transported, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.

A global climate pact agreed in 2015 to cap the rise in temperatures to as close as possible to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid the most devastating impacts of climate change, which requires achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

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