IPCC climate report: Code red for humanity

The report is conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It is the first global assessment on the science of global heating since 2013. This is the strongest statement on the science of climate change.

What is the IPCC?

The key takeaways from the report are the rising temperatures, caused by humanity. The temperature at the surface has warmed 0.24 degrees since 2013.

Earth will hit 1.5°C in the next 20 years. Human influence on climate is “unequivocal”. Abrupt tipping points can’t be ruled out.  Net-zero could stabilise warming below 1.5°C by 2100.

Humanity, through its actions, or lack of, has “unequivocally” overheated the planet. There is a strong emphasis on world leaders to make immediate changes now.

 “This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet. If we combine forces now, we can avert climate catastrophe. But, as the report makes clear, there is no time for delay and no room for excuses.”

– UN secretary general

"If we reduce emissions to #NetZero by 2050, we can keep temperatures close to 1.5C." #IPCC Working Group I Co-Chair @valmasdel on today’s release of the #IPCC’s latest #ClimateReport. pic.twitter.com/WKLWLVeWeA

— IPCC (@IPCC_CH) August 9, 2021

The report has now laid out all of the scientific evidence that suggests climate change is an emergency and should be treated like it. Human fingerprints can be traced throughout the climate system.

The impacts are worse than previously predicted and will grow costlier if immediate action is not taken. Governments and businesses must halve pollution between 2020 and 2030 to reach full carbonisation by mid-century.

There is a strong emphasis on what humanity does in this decade that will determine the future.

“Every decision, every investment, every target, needs to have the climate at its core.”

Helen Clarkson, the CEO of the Climate Group

“Methane and Nitrous Oxide, along with Carbon Dioxide are now higher than at any point in the last 800, 000 years. Yet, Government spending plans for the recovery from Covid-19 are expected to drive carbon emissions to record levels.” 

US Environmental Protection Agency

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#ClimateChange is widespread, rapid, & intensifying – #IPCC

Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region & across the whole climate system, says the IPCC’s latest #ClimateReport, released today.

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— IPCC (@IPCC_CH) August 9, 2021

“[This report] is a code red for humanity. The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk.”@antonioguterres #IPCC

— Ketan Joshi (@KetanJ0) August 9, 2021

Scott Morrison is failing to protect us from the climate crisis.

2030 is the deadline for the climate and if we haven't done enough by then, it may be too late.

Lift 2030 targets now. pic.twitter.com/p0KZCcjcHz

— Adam Bandt (@AdamBandt) August 9, 2021

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Global warming will hit 1.5C by 2040, warns report from world’s scientistshttps://t.co/MLHSlJWuHY
‘Code red for humanity’ in the findings of latest landmark analysis of climate change pic.twitter.com/rbjq8a4AlJ

— Svein T veitdal (@tveitdal) August 9, 2021

Proof of climate change

The fires, floods and extreme weather events that have and are ravaging the world are an example of climate change. Currently, Greece is seeing its highest temperatures in thirty years. And, Turkey and the United States are also experiencing unprecedented heat waves.

These are an insight into what is to come according to the landmark IPCC report.

However, this stark warning comes less than three months before vital United Nations talks in Glasgow, which will determine the future course of our planet.