De discussie over klimaatverandering is over.

"Global warming is now a reality and the debate about its existence is over, Britain's environment minister said Sunday, before the release of a report on the economic cost of climate change.

Environment Secretary David Miliband said international action was needed to curb the emission of greenhouse gases that scientists say are warming the planet.

"I think that the scientific debate has now closed on global warming, and the popular debate is closing as well," Miliband told Sky News television.

"The scientific consensus is that over the last 150 years we've changed the climate in fundamental ways, above all by the amount of carbon that we've pumped into the atmosphere from burning coal for energy, and from transport."

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