Move away from fossil fuels, warns UN report
Massive cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are needed in the next few decades to avoid "dangerous" climate change, a major UN report has warned.
Fossil fuels 'leading to catastrophic climate change'
Environmental campaigners have reacted to leaked drafts of the latest UN report into climate change, saying they showed "catastrophic" climate change could only be avoided by reducing dependency on fossil fuels.
Friends of the Earth's executive director Andy Atkins said we are already on track for four degrees warming "which will be impossible for human society to adapt to".
Tim Ratcliffe from campaign group 350.org said that 80% of fossil fuels need to stay underground in order to avoid a climate catastrophe.
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