A devastating science assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change hit desktops and news media around the world Monday. This Special Report by The Energy Mix brings you the details—including the IPCC’s urgent call for rapid, deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in time to limit the impacts of the global climate emergency.
Here are the stories we’ve been following:
• NO MORE EXCUSES: ‘Unimaginable, Unforgiving World’ without Drastic Emission Cuts, IPCC Warns
• New Certainty on Extreme Weather Must Lead to Political, Social Action
• Human Activity Drives Climate Change, ‘Epochal’ IPCC Report Finally Confirms
• Cut Methane Now or Face Climate Catastrophe, Scientists Warn
• Five IPCC Scenarios ‘Show How Much Suffering Can Be Averted’
• Canada Has ‘Responsibility, Power to Make a Difference’ on IPCC Findings
• Reacting to the IPCC: ‘Honour the Grief by Protecting What Matters’
• Carbon Budget Tally Shows that ‘Every Tonne of CO2’ Matters
• Continuing Ocean Warming Will Bring ‘Irreversible’ Changes
• All the World’s Regions Face ‘Concurrent, Multiple Changes’, IPCC Says
• Two Metres’ Sea Level Rise Unlikely, But Can’t Be Ruled Out
• Wet Seasons Will Be Wetter, Dry Seasons More Dry, IPCC Assessment Concludes
