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Is it too late to reverse climate change?
No, it is not too late to reverse the trajectory of climate change or to substantially limit its severity, though some impacts are already irreversible on human timescales, and fully returning to a pre-industrial climate is not realistic in the near term. Climate change is not a binary “on/off” or “saved/doomed” situation—every fraction of a degree of avoided warming reduces risks, damages, and long-term commitments.
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