The earth's rate of warming in the last three decades has been three times the average rate since 1900.

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This statement is true, as per the findings of a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2021. The report states that the global surface temperature has increased faster since 1970 than in any other 50-year period over the past 2000 years, and the rate of warming in the last three decades (1991-2020) has been 0.1°C per decade, which is three times higher than the average rate of warming since 1900.

The Earth's Rate of Warming in the Last Three Decades