(CNN) Lawmakers and top climate officials in President Joe Biden's administration sounded the alarm on Monday in response to a new report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, urging nations to swiftly limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. "This report must be the final warning to the world that time has run out to save the planet from dangerous and irreversible climate change." The latest IPCC report finds the world is rapidly running out of time to keep human-caused global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The report lays out different scenarios if world nations decarbonize and collectively limit their warming to 1.5 degrees, compared to what will happen if they don't take action -- leading to global warming of 2 or 3 degrees Celsius. With global warming currently at 1.1 degrees Celsius, this summer has already set new records for heat and drought in parts of the United States.

Source: CNN August 09, 2021 12:58 UTC