It's not too late to stave off the climate crisis, U.N. report finds. Here's how

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Large Icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland, Aug. 16, 2019. A United Nation-backed panel released a highly anticipated scientific report on Monday, April 4, 2022, on international efforts to curb climate change before global temperatures reach dangerous levels. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

The world still has time to avoid the most extreme dangers of climate change, but only if nations cut greenhouse gas pollution much faster from nearly every aspect of human activity, according to a landmark international climate science report.

The technology and solutions are available to rein in emissions, but the world is rapidly running out of time to deploy them, the report notes.

“It’s now or never,” says Jim Skea, professor of sustainable energy at Imperial College London and one of the co-chairs overseeing the report. “Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, it will be impossible. “