Why 2020 is our last best shot to avoid the worst of climate change

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2020 is a key deadline to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, a number scientists say would prevent some of the worst impacts of climate change. The World’s Carolyn Beeler reports. Also, Amnesty International awarded the Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg with its Ambassador of Conscience Award.

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