The world is 'heading for disaster' - UN Climate experts

Swimmers at a Barcelona beach where late October temperatures are more like midsummer than autumn

Swimmers at a Barcelona beach where late October temperatures are more like midsummer than autumn Source: Getty / JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images

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The United Nations has released its latest report on climate change - and it's not good news. The world body says the globe is heading for disaster under its current environmental policy settings.

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