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An agreement at the COP28 summit to end the production and use of fossil fuels is vital to prevent a global climate catastrophe and stop an unprecedented human rights crisis which threatens the rights of billions of people from escalating, Amnesty International said today.
Responding to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) showing that greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are at their highest for at least three million years, Amnesty International’s Climate Justice Researcher Candy Ofime said: “The last time greenhouse gases were at these concentrations temperatures were 2°C to 3°C above today’s, and sea levels were up to 20m higher. Fossil fuel production and use has led us down this path but neither states nor major producers have