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350 ppm) that will not cause serious climate disruption, ice sheet destabilisation (leading to accelerating rate of sealevelrise), and oceanacidification that is endangering the marine food chain which provides significant global protein.
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As this year comes to an end rising emissions are exhausting our carbon budgets. The fossil fuel industry continues to be the primary source of emissions and governments around the world continue to subsidize this climate destroying source of energy. Many eco-systems will be lost and sea ice will disappear as will glaciers.
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