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US Climate Clock ticks of warming deadline
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Climate campaigners unveiled a huge countdown clock on Saturday, showing how little time is left before global temperatures hit a critical high, to kick off a week of climate action in New York.
The digital installation shows seven years and 101 days remain before average global temperatures, at current emission rates, reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
鈥淭here鈥檚 good news. That number isn鈥檛 zero,鈥 said Gan Golan, an artist and activist who co-created the display.
鈥淲e can meet this challenge.
鈥淏ut we don鈥檛 have any time to lose.鈥
The United Nations has warned of huge and dramatic global changes, such as the loss of coral reefs and Arctic sea ice, if the 1.5 degree line is crossed.
Countries in the 2015 Paris Agreement agreed on measures to limit emissions to stay below the critical 1.5 degree threshold.
The clock鈥檚 installation will take over what is known as the Metronome, where 15 spinning LED digits tell the time of day and the time remaining in a day, down to a hundredth of a second.
It is set in the side of a glass building overlooking Union Square.
The Climate Clock will run for the length of Climate Week, an international summit involving New York City and the United Nations, with panel discussions, film showings and performances, many of them virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic.
鈥淎 monumental challenge needs a monument, and the Climate Clock could serve as this constant, public reminder,鈥 said Daniel Zarillo, New York City鈥檚 chief climate policy adviser.
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