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 was living in highly vulnerable areas in terms of climate change. The latest IPCC report is the second part of the Sixth Assessment Report that lays focus on climate change impacts, risks and vulnerabilities and explores options to adapt. the international transboundary river basins of Amu Darya, Indus, Ganges and inter-state Sabarmati-river basin in India could face severe water scarcity challenges with climate change acting as a stress multiplier. Several major economies could see even larger economic declines because of climate change, with a study cited in the report estimating GDP losses by the end of the century of up to 42 per cent in China and 92 per cent in India, if emissions are high.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

Chennai, Kolkata, in India, at particular risk due to sea level rise
1 year, 9 months ago

Chennai, Kolkata, in India, at particular risk due to sea level rise

The Hindu  

Sea level rise this century may disproportionately affect certain Asian megacities as well as western tropical Pacific islands and the western Indian Ocean, according to a new research. The study showed that internal climate variability could increase sea level rise in some locations by 20-30% more than what would result from climate change alone, exponentially increasing extreme flooding events, it …

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 | 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Sea level rise is certain
3 years, 3 months ago

Sea level rise is certain

The Hindu  

The recently published Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report from Working Group I — ‘Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis’ — is a clarion call for climate action. The centennial-scale irreversibility of sea level rise has implications for the future even under the low emissions scenarios. Sea level rise occurs mainly due to the expansion of warm ocean …

IPCC Report 2021: Climate change is very real
3 years, 3 months ago

IPCC Report 2021: Climate change is very real

The Hindu  

Several of Bihar’s 38 districts are flood-hit — people have lost lives, homes continue to get damaged, and countless agricultural fields have been inundated. These are numbing data, as numbing as the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’s Sixth Assessment Report. It adds that these temperature changes are further ‘amplified at the regional scale by regional processes such as …

NASA visualises how sea levels will rise in Indian coastal regions
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA visualises how sea levels will rise in Indian coastal regions

Hindustan Times  

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis” report released on August 9 made sea level projections which are based on data gathered by satellites and instruments on the ground, analyses and computer simulations. IPCC had flagged that sea levels around Asia in the North Indian Ocean have increased faster than the global …

The message from the IPCC report
3 years, 4 months ago

The message from the IPCC report

The Hindu  

The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, titled ‘Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis’, is the first of four that the Panel will issue over the next one and a half years. Restrict cumulative emissions A major finding of the report is that air pollution reduction …

Eight key takeaways from the IPCC report that prove we need to put in the work to fight climate change
3 years, 4 months ago

Eight key takeaways from the IPCC report that prove we need to put in the work to fight climate change

Firstpost  

The new IPCC report is “a code red for humanity”, says UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “This report tells us that recent changes in the climate are widespread, rapid and intensifying, unprecedented in thousands of years,” said IPCC Vice-Chair Ko Barrett. Michael Mann told the Independent the effects of climate change will be felt in all corners of the world and …

Leaders and experts speak up after the release of the new IPCC report
3 years, 4 months ago

Leaders and experts speak up after the release of the new IPCC report

Firstpost  

The report is titled Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis and is the most detailed assessment of climate science ever undertaken. This report sends the clear message that the planet is in mortal danger and with it its inhabitants… The positive signal that it sends is that we can counteract this, and that’s why it is so important that …

How Indian Policymakers and Citizens Should Read IPCC Report’s Code Red for Humanity
3 years, 4 months ago

How Indian Policymakers and Citizens Should Read IPCC Report’s Code Red for Humanity

News 18  

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Sixth Assessment Report recently. Three years of work by over 230 scientists from across the world, assessing more than 14,000 scientific publications on the subject of climate change, has resulted in the strongest and clearest report to date from the IPCC which shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore in 2007. …

IPCC Climate Change Report: What Should Be India's Immediate Plan Of Action?
3 years, 4 months ago

IPCC Climate Change Report: What Should Be India's Immediate Plan Of Action?

The Quint  

"For example, we saw how cities like Mumbai and Kolkata were flooded just a few days back. The immediate step for something like this would be to re-design our drainage systems to adapt to climate change projections. An important policy aspect for India to look at is also how it extends "climate services" to those most vulnerable to the impact …

IPCC Climate Change Report: What Should Be India's Immediate Plan Of Action?
3 years, 4 months ago

IPCC Climate Change Report: What Should Be India's Immediate Plan Of Action?

The Quint  

"For example, we saw how cities like Mumbai and Kolkata were flooded just a few days back. The immediate step for something like this would be to re-design our drainage systems to adapt to climate change projections. An important policy aspect for India to look at is also how it extends "climate services" to those most vulnerable to the impact …

UN report on climate change: Top five things to know
3 years, 4 months ago

UN report on climate change: Top five things to know

India Today  

The UN-appointed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a new report Monday summarizing the latest authoritative scientific information about global warming. PARIS GOALS Almost all countries have signed up to the 2015 Paris climate accord, which aims to limit global warming to an increase of 2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average by the year 2100. SOME HOPE While many …

South India could get 40% more rain due to global warming: IPCC report
3 years, 4 months ago

South India could get 40% more rain due to global warming: IPCC report

India TV News  

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that extreme weather and poor air quality is likely to gut Indias poor farmers and low-income workers, unless remedial actions are taken urgently. Consequences for India Ulka Kelkar, Director, Climate Programme, World Resources Institute India, said: "For India, the predictions in this report mean people labouring in longer and more frequent heat …

The IPCC has released the most comprehensive climate change report ever. Here's what you need to know
3 years, 4 months ago

The IPCC has released the most comprehensive climate change report ever. Here's what you need to know

ABC  

Worse fires, longer droughts, and more severe floods — the projections from one of the world's most significant reports on climate change make for scary reading. The latest IPCC report says that within a decade, global warming could push temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and calls on policymakers to take urgent action on climate change. The next …

‘A Clarion Call for Developed Countries’: India on IPCC Climate Report
3 years, 4 months ago

‘A Clarion Call for Developed Countries’: India on IPCC Climate Report

The Quint  

"The report reaffirms India’s position that historical cumulative emissions are the source of the current climate crisis. Our cumulative and per capita emissions are significantly low and far less than the fair share of global carbon budget," Yadav added. It added that there were "no pathways" to contain global temperature rise to less than 1.5°C in the next few decades …

IPCC report forecasts a future of severe weather
3 years, 4 months ago

IPCC report forecasts a future of severe weather

The Hindu  

The current global warming trends overall are likely to lead an increase in annual mean precipitation over India, with more severe rains expected over southern India in the coming decades, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’s Sixth Assessment Report, public on Monday. Based on existing commitments by countries to curb their emission, the world is on track for …

IPCC report: 10 key takeaways from world’s most comprehensive climate assessment
3 years, 4 months ago

IPCC report: 10 key takeaways from world’s most comprehensive climate assessment

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. Humans’ role in climate crisis ‘unequivocal’ The summary of the report begins with a stark opening message: “It is …

India to face irreversible impacts of climate crisis, flags IPCC report
3 years, 4 months ago

India to face irreversible impacts of climate crisis, flags IPCC report

Hindustan Times  

Glacial retreat in the Hindu Kush Himalayas; compounding effects of sea-level rise and intense tropical cyclones leading to flooding; an erratic monsoon; and intense heat stress are likely to impact India in recent years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has indicated. The IPCC report titled ‘Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis’ released on Monday said heatwaves and humid …

234 Scientists Read 14,000+ Research Papers to Write the IPCC Climate Report: Here's What You Need to Know and Why It's a Big Deal
3 years, 4 months ago

234 Scientists Read 14,000+ Research Papers to Write the IPCC Climate Report: Here's What You Need to Know and Why It's a Big Deal

News 18  

Hundreds of scientists from around the world just finalised a new report assessing the state of the global climate. Every seven years or so, the IPCC releases a report essentially a state of the climate summarizing the most up-to-date, peer-reviewed research on the science of climate change, its effects and ways to adapt to and mitigate it. The IPCC essentially …

UN science panel to release key report on climate change today
3 years, 4 months ago

UN science panel to release key report on climate change today

India Today  

A UN-appointed panel of experts is releasing a key report Monday summarizing the latest authoritative scientific information on climate change. The report will provide governments with up-to-date facts on the current impacts and future risks of global warming ahead of a UN climate summit in November in Glasgow. It will also examine how various options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions …

As India & World Witness Adverse Weather Events, IPCC Report Could Show Us the Way
3 years, 4 months ago

As India & World Witness Adverse Weather Events, IPCC Report Could Show Us the Way

News 18  

Extreme climate events are not “equal opportunity” threats. The Importance of IPCC Reports In this context, the ongoing two week-long virtual meeting of IPCC where scientists are discussing the impact of climate change on the world is crucial. Governments all over the world rely on IPCC predictions even as they develop policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, implement laws, and …

What is the IPCC and what does it do?
3 years, 4 months ago

What is the IPCC and what does it do?

The Hindu  

Its findings influence governments, business leaders and even young protesters on arguably the biggest issue facing the planet: the climate crisis. Thousands of studies are considered when developing the IPCC's comprehensive assessments of the state of climate change. These reviews are essential to the comprehensive assessments published by the IPCC every few years on the state of climate change. Next …

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