IPCC work on seventh climate assessment threatened by shorter timelines | Explained
10 months, 2 weeks ago

IPCC work on seventh climate assessment threatened by shorter timelines | Explained

The Hindu  

Established in 1988, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been bringing out climate change assessment reports on a periodic basis. The second GST is due in 2028 and submissions so far from member countries have requested the IPCC to publish its AR7 assessment reports before the stocktake. The full assessment reports – which nearly all the member countries have expressed interest in – will include reports from three Working Groups plus a synthesis report. While countries suggested producing special reports spanning 28 topics that included tipping points, loss and damage, and adaptation, the Bureau eventually decided that it will produce only one special report on climate change and cities. Timeline for reports Several member countries also requested the Bureau to prepare and publish the assessment reports by 2028, to coincide with the GST.

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Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise

Live Mint  

The 29th Conference of the Parties to Climate Change came to an end on 24 November 2024 with deep disappointment on the outcomes—not just on finance, but on most other aspects of the agenda. With grossly inadequate mitigation of the crisis, the climate finance that developing countries can legitimately asl for will increase exponentially, leading to continued disappointment from a …

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe
8 months, 1 week ago

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe

Live Mint  

“Two years to save the world.” As far as opening lines of speeches go, that would be dramatic in most contexts. In fact, there’s growing disquiet among climate scientists that it is possible that the rate of climate impacts may have been understated—the world seems to be heading for runaway temperature rise; and climate “tipping points” that had seemed far …

2023 set to be hottest year ever: UN
1 year ago

2023 set to be hottest year ever: UN

The Hindu  

This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said on November 30, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem the havoc following in its wake. The UN's World Meteorological Organization warned that 2023 had shattered a whole host of climate records, with extreme weather leaving "a trail of devastation and despair". The WMO …

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN
1 year, 1 month ago

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN warns world ‘out of road’ for limiting warming to 1.5C ahead of COP28 meeting in Dubai. The world’s emissions-cutting pledges are nowhere near enough to curb the effects of climate change, with Earth on track for warming a potentially catastrophic 2.9C this century, the United Nations has warned. Time to ‘step up’ The 2015 Paris Agreement saw countries agree …

Climate change’s $150 billion hit to the US economy
1 year, 1 month ago

Climate change’s $150 billion hit to the US economy

Live Mint  

The U.S. now experiences an extreme weather event in which damages and costs top $1 billion every three weeks. Other economic consequences of climate change will become more severe unless the country invests more in clean energy and adapts cities to higher temperatures and rising sea levels, according to the assessment. “While some economic impacts of climate change are already …

Climate 'countdown clock' report launched ahead of key UN talks
1 year, 2 months ago

Climate 'countdown clock' report launched ahead of key UN talks

The Hindu  

Top scientists have launched a yearly report series to plug knowledge gaps ahead of crunch climate talks, with their global warming "countdown clock" vying for the attention of world leaders and ordinary citizens alike. "We cannot afford to wait" for the next IPCC assessment report in this "decade of action", said Peter Thorne, a professor of physical geography at Maynooth …

Are we headed into a climate hell? Is IPCC the one to save us?
1 year, 4 months ago

Are we headed into a climate hell? Is IPCC the one to save us?

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 03, 2023 15:24 IST - 11 MINS READ One cannot go anywhere in the world without being bombarded with information about climate change, extreme events, and other disasters. Climate change messaging for the developing world We also need to ask if a country like India or the developing world at large needs scary messages without regional and …

Climate Clock ticks down: Five years left to limit temperature rise to 1.5C
1 year, 5 months ago

Climate Clock ticks down: Five years left to limit temperature rise to 1.5C

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The so-called “Climate Clock” looming over New York’s Union Square passed a critical milestone on …

We need decisive climate action, can COP28 deliver?
1 year, 8 months ago

We need decisive climate action, can COP28 deliver?

Al Jazeera  

Climate scientists are warning yet again that we are off target on climate action; COP28 can offer an opportunity to change that. But COP28 has the potential to achieve even more than that; it can become a watershed where COP meetings transition from multilateral negotiations to bold decision-making to advance climate action. While being a bona fide climate pioneer and …

How to defuse the climate change time bomb
1 year, 8 months ago

How to defuse the climate change time bomb

Live Mint  

“The climate time bomb is ticking. Prepared by the UN’s top climate science body, the IPCC, the Assessment Report 6 cycle formally came to an end with the publication of the concise Climate Change 2023 report on 20 March. This fact was firmly established by one of the special reports of the AR6 cycle—the so-called “1.5-degree report” from 2018—which fundamentally …

A climate change survival guide to act on
1 year, 9 months ago

A climate change survival guide to act on

The Hindu  

This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the synthesis report of its Sixth Assessment Report cycle, drawing together key findings from its six most recent reports. Some takeaways The report confirms that human activity is ‘unequivocally’ driving global temperature rise, which has reached approximately 1.1° C above pre-industrial levels. Strikingly, it notes that the projected CO2 emissions over …

Final solution: The Hindu Editorial on giving earth a chance to escape climate change effects
1 year, 9 months ago

Final solution: The Hindu Editorial on giving earth a chance to escape climate change effects

The Hindu  

The influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has made public its final ‘Synthesis’ report, which is part of the Sixth Assessment Cycle. Since 1990, when the IPCC began publicising its compilation of global scientific research linking greenhouse gas emissions with changes in weather and climate, the evidence that human actions are nudging the world closer to irreversible cataclysms has only …

Explained | What is the IPCC synthesis report and what does it say?
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | What is the IPCC synthesis report and what does it say?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Highlighting the need for urgent climate action, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Cycle on March 20 in Interlaken, Switzerland. The report emphasised the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change through “mainstream effective and equitable action” for a “liveable sustainable future for …

Rich Countries Must Act Quicker, Commit to Net Zero by 2040
1 year, 9 months ago

Rich Countries Must Act Quicker, Commit to Net Zero by 2040

News 18  

Rich countries must act quicker and commit to achieving net zero neutrality as close as possible by 2040, said the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its latest report. The synthesis report written by the world’s leading climate scientists brings together all available knowledge on climate change since the IPCC’s inception in 1980. “Climate justice is crucial because …

U.N. panel calls for rapid action against climate change to secure a liveable future
1 year, 9 months ago

U.N. panel calls for rapid action against climate change to secure a liveable future

The Hindu  

Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health and there is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in a report on March 20, 2023. “Mainstreaming effective and equitable climate action will not only reduce losses and damages for nature and people, …

Climate scientists deliver final warning: Time is running out
1 year, 9 months ago

Climate scientists deliver final warning: Time is running out

Live Mint  

Consider this the final warning: Climate scientists stated unequivocally today that rising greenhouse gas emissions have to be checked immediately. The Climate Change 2023 Synthesis Report is a culmination of a cycle of reports that started in 2018, which states clearly that in order to limit the effect of global warming to minimum, the world has to cut emissions by …

Window of opportunity to preserve liveable climate rapidly closing, says IPCC
1 year, 9 months ago

Window of opportunity to preserve liveable climate rapidly closing, says IPCC

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said there needs to be drastic and deep GHG emissions cuts …

UN calls for rapid, ambitious action to tackle climate crisis
1 year, 9 months ago

UN calls for rapid, ambitious action to tackle climate crisis

Al Jazeera  

IPCC’s world-leading scientists say resources and knowledge are sufficient to tackle the global climate crisis. The world has the tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to secure a sustainable future if more ambitious actions are taken, a United Nations report has said, noting that actions taken so far are not enough to tackle the growing threats posed by climate …

IPCC: global warming "likely" to pass 1.5 degree mark, but there are bright spots
1 year, 9 months ago

IPCC: global warming "likely" to pass 1.5 degree mark, but there are bright spots

NL Times  

Even if greenhouse gas emissions fall drastically in the coming years, global warming is "more likely" to exceed 1.5 degrees in the near future than not to exceed that point. "Current policy is insufficient, but we certainly see the effects of climate policy," said Dutch researcher Detlef van Vuuren. "In almost all scenarios, we will temporarily exceed 1.5 degrees of …

The UN’s climate handbook for a ‘liveable’ future
1 year, 9 months ago

The UN’s climate handbook for a ‘liveable’ future

Al Jazeera  

Hitting the 2015 Paris Agreement temperature goals will require a massive reduction in fossil fuel use and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, IPCC reports say. Earth is hotter than it has been in 125,000 years but deadly heatwaves, storms and floods amplified by global warming could be a foretaste as planet-heating fossil fuels put a “liveable” future at …

Climate Change: Why we could see a terrible rise in global temperatures in just 50 years
1 year, 10 months ago

Climate Change: Why we could see a terrible rise in global temperatures in just 50 years

Live Mint  

The United Nations’ international body on climate science, the IPCC, is easily the most authoritative institution on global heating. While it can be suspected that the intricacies of international consensus could have more than a little to do with this, the fact remains that even the most conservative estimates state that the world is fast running out of time to …

Explained | Why are talks on 1.5°C at a cliff edge at COP27?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Why are talks on 1.5°C at a cliff edge at COP27?

The Hindu  

The story so far: After the ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change of 2015, the focus is on voluntary national actions to drive down greenhouse gas emissions and keep the rise in average global temperature to well below 2°C and as close to 1.5°C as possible by the end of the century. But the scientific community is losing …

Bridging gap between scientists and the public is ‘top priority’ to solve climate crisis, campaigners warn
2 years, 1 month ago

Bridging gap between scientists and the public is ‘top priority’ to solve climate crisis, campaigners warn

The Independent  

Closing the divide between climate research and the needs of the public should be a leading priority in the fight to reduce the climate crisis in the next 12 months, green campaigners have urged. Ending Cop27’s Saudi Green Initiative, the campaigners gave their “sustainability do list” for the next 12 months as the world battles with the impacts of climate …

What the latest IPCC science says about climate change
2 years, 1 month ago

What the latest IPCC science says about climate change

Al Jazeera  

COP27 delegates will be relying on UN climate science agency studies to make decisions about future energy plans. At the COP27 conference in Egypt, delegates will be relying on decades of scientific research published by the UN climate science agency to sway decisions about future energy plans and global warming trajectories. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change produces reports roughly …

Explained | Is the world’s climate action plan on track?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Is the world’s climate action plan on track?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Leaders from around 200 countries will gather in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh from November 6-18 for the 27th round of the Conference of Parties, or COP27, to deliberate on a global response to the increasing threat of climate change. Broadly, the summit seeks to “accelerate global climate action through emissions reduction, scaled-up adaptation efforts …

UN says countries’ climate plans ‘nowhere near’ 1.5C goal
2 years, 1 month ago

UN says countries’ climate plans ‘nowhere near’ 1.5C goal

Al Jazeera  

Head of UN Climate Change says governments need to strengthen their climate plans and implement them in the next eight years. A new report by the United Nations has warned that the climate plans from governments worldwide remain insufficient to limit rising temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius as set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. “We are still nowhere near …

What it will take to avert a global climate catastrophe
2 years, 2 months ago

What it will take to avert a global climate catastrophe

The Hindu  

When Hurricane Ian struck Florida and Cuba a few days ago, it gave scientists and activists another attention-grabbing moment to tell people that climate change was already having a deadly impact on their lives. The instrument ratified by almost all countries to avert dangerous climate change through a phasing down of greenhouse gas emissions is the Paris Agreement under the …

‘Climate endgame’: Potential for environmental crisis to end humanity is ‘dangerously underexplored’
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Climate endgame’: Potential for environmental crisis to end humanity is ‘dangerously underexplored’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “There are plenty of reasons to believe climate change could become catastrophic, even at modest levels of warming,” said …

5 authentic sources to keep yourself updated on climate change
2 years, 5 months ago

5 authentic sources to keep yourself updated on climate change

Live Mint  

A 2021 study by The Conversation and YouGov on 1,722 respondents living in the UK found that 50% of them couldn’t identify misinformation about climate change online, and a staggering 44% were unable to identify that they had been exposed to misinformation in the first place. “Every falsehood, distortion, and conspiracy theory about climate change is an obstacle to meaningful …

Explained | What are the takeaways from the latest IPCC report on climate change?
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained | What are the takeaways from the latest IPCC report on climate change?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In its latest assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has laid out several scenarios on the steps that ought to be taken to keep temperatures below 2°C. According to the scientists, limiting warming to around 1.5°C requires global greenhouse gas emissions to peak before 2025 at the latest and be reduced by 43% by …

What the latest IPCC climate report has to say
2 years, 8 months ago

What the latest IPCC climate report has to say

Live Mint  

The fossil fuel age is effectively over. This is the message of the third major climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN’s apex climate science body. The report, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation Of Climate Change, was released on 4 April, hard on the heels of two earlier reports: one in August last year that conclusively proved …

World must halve emissions by 2030: IPCC
2 years, 8 months ago

World must halve emissions by 2030: IPCC

The Hindu  

In the final part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's sixth assessment on the state of global warming — themed on climate mitigation — the message is clear: The window for keeping heating below 1.5 degrees Celsius, and limiting catastrophic climate impacts, including worsening wildfires and flooding, has become very small. "This latest IPCC report puts policymakers on notice, …

IPCC report endorses India’s position on climate finance: Environment Minister
2 years, 8 months ago

IPCC report endorses India’s position on climate finance: Environment Minister

The Hindu  

The Monday report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change endorses India’s position on the need for scale, scope and speed in climate finance, Environment Minister, Bhupender Yadav said in a prepared statement on Tuesday. Limiting global warming would require major transitions in the energy sector and would mean drastic reduction of fossil fuel use, widespread electrification, improved energy efficiency, …

Climate action can't wait: Environmental orgs, left-wing parties after UN report
2 years, 8 months ago

Climate action can't wait: Environmental orgs, left-wing parties after UN report

NL Times  

Businesses must "go green or disappear," and politicians must intervene much harder to combat global warming, environmental groups said in response to the latest report from the UN climate panel IPCC. "We are in the midst of the critical years because if we want to keep the climate goals within reach, global greenhouse gas emissions must be halved by 2030," …

‘It’s now or never’: IPCC warns emissions must start to decline by 2025
2 years, 8 months ago

‘It’s now or never’: IPCC warns emissions must start to decline by 2025

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists working for the world’s leading authority on climate change have warned that less than …

‘Now Or Never’: New U.N. Report Sees Narrow Path For Averting Climate Catastrophe
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Now Or Never’: New U.N. Report Sees Narrow Path For Averting Climate Catastrophe

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING For the world to have any chance of preventing catastrophic climate change, it needs an immediate, collective and herculean effort to phase out fossil fuels and rein in greenhouse gas emissions. “Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, it will be impossible.” To achieve the 1.5-degree target, global greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025 …

Landmark UN climate report ‘agreed’ after negotiations overrun
2 years, 8 months ago

Landmark UN climate report ‘agreed’ after negotiations overrun

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists and government officials have reportedly reached agreement on the third chapter of a definitive …

‘Now or never’ to avoid climate catastrophe: IPCC report
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Now or never’ to avoid climate catastrophe: IPCC report

Al Jazeera  

UN panel warns that policies are leading the planet to extreme temperature rises, and calls for an urgent halt to rising emissions. The 1.5C target is presently “beyond reach”, even with the most updated global climate pledges, the IPCC said, adding that to get there the world must radically reduce the fossil fuels behind the lion’s share of emissions. Read …

Calls for shift from fossil fuels as UN prepares to release new climate report
2 years, 8 months ago

Calls for shift from fossil fuels as UN prepares to release new climate report

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The latest report from UN science body the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sets out solutions needed to curb …

IPCC report shows nations need to act
2 years, 9 months ago

IPCC report shows nations need to act

Hindustan Times  

We know that the world is running out of carbon space, time and options to avert the catastrophic impacts of a warming climate. In the 2021 IPCC assessment report of its Working Group 1 on the science of the climate crisis, the message was that it is “code red” for the planet. IPCC’s Working Group II also has, for the …

NSW and Queensland flooded the same week a major climate report was released. We need to talk about it
2 years, 9 months ago

NSW and Queensland flooded the same week a major climate report was released. We need to talk about it

ABC  

As the rain bucketed down 10 days ago, residents of a nearby house in our neighbourhood in the outskirts of Brisbane were woken by a loud cracking. Explore Mt Resilience Go on a "virtual field trip" to an Australian town that's been designed around the impacts of climate change and extreme weather in ABC Science's award-winning AR project. Some of …

Scarce food, stricken cities: IPCC sounds another climate warning
2 years, 9 months ago

Scarce food, stricken cities: IPCC sounds another climate warning

The Hindu  

The story so far: On February 27, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a major report that reviewed the scientific evidence on natural, ecological, social and economic spheres, concluding that climate change has already produced irreversible losses and damage to land, coastal and marine ecosystems. This new report, which assesses the prospects for the planet if global average surface …

Climate emergency unfolding in 'deadly ways': IPCC
2 years, 9 months ago

Climate emergency unfolding in 'deadly ways': IPCC

The Hindu  

A stark picture of an unfolding climate crisis that is especially impacting vulnerable communities fills the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. "Today's IPCC report is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership," said U.N. Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. Themed …

Rise in Sea Level to Affect Mumbai, Kolkata May Have to Brace for Storms. What IPCC's New Report Reveals
2 years, 9 months ago

Rise in Sea Level to Affect Mumbai, Kolkata May Have to Brace for Storms. What IPCC's New Report Reveals

News 18  

A report curated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Monday ringed alarm that several disasters induced by climate change are likely in the next two decades even if greenhouse gas emission is reduced. While placing India at the high-risk zone, the IPCC report also noted that over 3.5 billion people or 45 per cent of the global population …

Half the world threatened by climate crisis: Latest IPCC report
2 years, 9 months ago

Half the world threatened by climate crisis: Latest IPCC report

Hindustan Times  

At least half the world’s population lives in regions vulnerable to the climate crisis, which has become complex, with several interacting factors likely to increase food prices, reduce household incomes, and lead to malnutrition and climate-related deaths, especially in tropical regions, according to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was released Monday. Mass mortality events …

Latest IPCC report warns of "unavoidable" climate hazards
2 years, 9 months ago

Latest IPCC report warns of "unavoidable" climate hazards

The Hindu  

The world faces unavoidable multiple climate hazards over the next two decades with global warming of 1.5°C and even temporarily exceeding this warming level would mean additional, severe impacts, some of which will be irreversible, according to a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was made public on Monday. Our actions today will shape how people adapt …

The climate crisis worsens
2 years, 9 months ago

The climate crisis worsens

Hindustan Times  

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’s report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, released on Monday, is an unvarnished account of the expanding footprint of the climate crisis on the world. Mass mortality events on land and ocean; first climate-driven extinctions; loss of hundreds of local species; death and disease due to extreme heat are some of the …

Over three billion people vulnerable to climate change: IPCC report
2 years, 9 months ago

Over three billion people vulnerable to climate change: IPCC report

India Today  

The United Nations on Monday released the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that stated that 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to climate change. The report identifying human-induced action as the prime cause of climate change stated that it is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world. People …

Window to save ourselves from climate change 'rapidly closing', IPCC warns
2 years, 9 months ago

Window to save ourselves from climate change 'rapidly closing', IPCC warns

ABC  

The world’s climate scientists and governments have declared climate change is now a threat to human wellbeing and warned we are about to miss the window to “secure a liveable and sustainable future for all”. Regardless of our actions now, the report says regional and urban areas will face irreversible changes that will impact millions of people's lives, including: Sea …

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