A devastating new report from the IPCC shows just how urgently action is needed to tackle the climate crisis we’re facing.
from the United Nations’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has reiterated that time is running out – with leading scientists declaring that many changes caused by global greenhouse gas emissions are already “irreversible”.
Described as a “code red for humanity”, this latest warning from scientists demonstrates the urgent action that’s required to tackle the climate crisis. Here, we round up five key things you need to know about the landmark IPCC report, including what needs to be done to address the ecological emergency we’re facing.
Even worse than that, scientists warn that temperatures are set to rise beyond 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels, unless there are significant cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, the – signed by more than 190 countries around the world – has set a target of keeping global warming to “well below 2°C globally”, as a rise by this much would have catastrophic effects on the planet.While there has been some reluctance in the past to link extreme weather to global warming, scientists say there is evidence to show that human-induced climate change is indeed leading to more frequent and intense heatwaves, rainfall, droughts, and tropical cyclones globally.
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