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Liberal Philanthropy Is Dooming the Planet to Climate Disaster, Documents Reveal
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
The UN's 2017 Emissions Gap Report says far deeper and more extensive emissions cuts are required twenty years earlier.
The Hewlett Foundation's strategic goal to work toward cutting global carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2050 will likely guarantee a devastating 2C temperature rise.
The report concludes that if the emissions gap is not closed by 2030, it is extremely unlikely that the goal of holding global warming to well below 2C can be reached.
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