Climate crisis: Satellites and AI offer hope for global action, says UN weather agency

Amid renewed warnings from leading climate scientists that global warming could reach 3C above pre-industrial levels this century, the head of the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) insisted on Wednesday that new technology and AI offer the opportunity to implement the drastic action needed to resist the existential crisis. 

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Climate crisis: Satellites and AI offer hope for global action, says UN weather agency

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