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An international team of scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) led by the Berlin-based Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) conducted a study, which was published today in the journal Nature Climate Change.

NicoElNino/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Dubbed a "code red for humanity" by the head of the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in its most-recent report that the impacts of human-induced climate change are already being seen in "every region across the globe" and urgent action must be taken immediately, not decades into the future, to mitigate the devastation. As scientists sound the alarms, it has become near-impossible for business leaders to ignore t...

Scientists say we are betting our planet's future on vague commitments.