World-leading economists have blown a hole right through the middle of the main tool used to produce the net-zero scenarios embraced by climate policymakers. In a new paper, Sir Nicholas Stern, Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz and Charlotte Taylor conclude that climate-energy-economy Integrated Assessmen...
There is only a small window in which to mitigate the worst effects. So make a change now, and make it one you can stick toIf the prospect of nuclear war wasn’t enough, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) picked this week to drop its latest report on the state of the climate crisis.Th...
A new report out this week by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)... The post Scientists react: What are the key new insights from the IPCC’s WG2 report? appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Today’s report on climate impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was finalized just as Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian scientists at the online approval session Sunday apologized for their country’s invasion, while the war drew Ukrainian scientist...
Rising temperatures are unleashing increasingly severe storms, heat waves, droughts, and floods, challenging humanity's ability to adapt, according to a new report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The assessment warns of the catastrophic impacts that await if nations do no...
The UN’s expert climate science organization has criticised the “vested interests” obstructing efforts to cut emissions for the first time this week. The world’s leading climate scientists warned of the “irreversible” impacts of global warming in the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climat...
The threat that climate change poses to human well-being and the health of the planet... The post In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s sixth assessment on how climate change impacts the world appeared first on Carbon Brief.
A landmark UN report warned Monday that time had nearly run out to ensure a “liveable future” for all, detailing a horrifying “atlas of human suffering“ and warning that far worse was to come.Species extinction, ecosystem collapse, insect-borne disease, deadly heatwaves and megastorms, water shortages...
Scientific assessment warns that missing Paris targets would harm human health and biodiversity worldwide, and risk irreversible losses sooner than previously thought. The post New IPCC report highlights urgency of climate change impacts appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.