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Women carry sacks on their heads as they walk through water, after heavy rains and floods forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes, in the town of Pibor, Boma state, South Sudan, on Nov 6, 2019. Photo :Reuters
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COP26 has 'mountain to climb' to curb warming as talks intensify

Scientists say 1.5C - the aspirational goal set down in the 2015 Paris Agreement - is the most the Earth can afford to avoid an acceleration of the intense heat waves, droughts, storms, floods and...