A new United Nations report shows a significant “emissions gap”between the global climate action we’re seeing and the amount needed to prevent 2 degrees of warming. And just yesterday, the World Meteorological Organization announced that atmospheric CO2 rose to a record high in 2012. These environmental changes set the stage for worsening climate impacts, including greater sea level rise, forest fires, and coral bleaching, among others.

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