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2020 Was Supposed To Be Our Best Last Chance To Save The Planet. So How Did We Do?
As the coronavirus pandemic raged, hopes this year would be pivotal for climate change action faded. But all is not lost. Yet.
By Beth Gardiner
As wildfires and storms raged, and even the Arctic broiled and burned, scientists’ dire climate warnings came to life in frighteningly vivid fashion in 2020. With political leaders and the public preoccupied by COVID-19, the world careened closer to the brink of environmental catastrophe.
When 2020 began, a youth climate movement was gaining traction, a key summit in Glasgow, Scotland, looked like a chance to breathe new energy into the Paris climate agreement as it neared its fifth birthday, and many hoped this might be the year leaders finally moved with the urgency the planetary crisis demands. The stakes were momentous ― every day without action, the window to prevent catastrophic climate change narrows. “ ....

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