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Climate change. Will we have to get used to it?

Hello again, I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans cut about most.

Warnings about climate change have been increasingly urgent,

but there's no collective will to take action.

Now the focus is shifting from prevention to mitigation.

Global warming is happening.

If it's not going to be slowed down, how can it be coped with?

We'll hear about the latest report from the UN's panel on climate change due out on Sunday. It will advocate expensive, untested technologies. We'll hear about the latest report from the UN's panel on climate change due out on Sunday.

It will advocate expensive untested technologies.

Will another call for alarm make a difference?

Is it time to reframe the issue and talk about how to prepare for the consequences of not taking action?

Today's talking point, Lyndon Johnson, the Civil Rights Act, and the Republican Party.

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The next summit of world leaders on climate change will be next year in Paris.

On Sunday, the UN's International Panel of Climate Scientists will outline when it needs to be done.

Will it generate the political will for preventive action?

Or is it time to reframe the issue?

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