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A resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
The ElephantA resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
Mainstream Climate Science: The New Denialism? - Jonathon Porritt
2024-03-07 by in jonathonporritt.comThis is a bit of a long one! So here’s my “Executive Summary” so you can decide whether to commit the time to the rest of it: mainstream climate scientists run the risk of becoming the new climate deniers.
Tagged under: The Paris Agreement | IPCC | Climate Change Denial and Disinformation | Science | Activism
Global heating will pass 1.5C threshold this year, top ex-Nasa scientist says
2024-01-08 in The GuardianJames Hansen says limit will be passed ‘for all practical purposes’ by May though other experts predict that will happen in 2030s
Tagged under: Global Warming | IPCC | El Niño
Why did the IPCC choose 2° C as the goal for limiting global warming?
2023-12-04 (or before) in MIT Climate PortalScientists and policymakers have long agreed that global warming beyond 2° C above the pre-industrial average would pose large and escalating risks to human life as we know it on Earth, and governments have used that number as an organizing principle.
Tagged under: Global Warming | IPCC
Global Warming of 1.5 ºC
2023-09-24 (or before) in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeTagged under: Global Warming | IPCC
Envisioning a future with climate change - Nature Climate Change
2023-09-06 (or before) in NatureClimate change research and assessments, including the most recent IPCC report, paint an increasingly dire picture of the future. However, the assumption that the future will be worse than the present may be wrong for many aspects of human well-being.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023
2023-08-25 (or before) in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeTagged under: Climate Change | IPCC
What frightens me about the climate crisis is we don’t know how bad things really are | Roger Harrabin
2023-07-25 in The GuardianAs the barrage of bad news from places like Greece continues, all we can be certain of is there are many surprises lying ahead, says analyst Roger Harrabin
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Wildfires
FAQ Chapter 1 — Global Warming of 1.5 ºC
2023-07-02 (or before) in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeTagged under: IPCC
A history of the global carbon budget
2023-06-21 (or before) in Wiley Interdisciplinary ReviewsThe near-linear relationship between cumulative carbon emissions and global temperature rise, as illustrated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on 1.5°C (IPCC, 2018, p. 1...
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
What is important for achieving 2 °C? UNFCCC and IPCC expert perceptions on obstacles and response options for climate change mitigation - IOPscience
2023-06-21 (or before) in IOPscienceTagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Climate Change Mitigation
Envisionation Interview: David Wasdell On the IPCC & Scientific Voice
2023-06-14 (or before) in YouTubewww.envisionation.co.ukInterview with David Wasdell from the Apollo Gaia Foundation. IPCC as a governmental body as opposed to a scientific forum. Percepti...
Tagged under: Climate Change | IPCC
Indicators of Global Climate Change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence
2023-06-08 (or before) in Earth System Science DataAbstract. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments are the trusted source of scientific evidence for climate negotiations taking place under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including the first global stocktake under the Paris Agreement that will conclude at COP28 in December 2023. Evidence-based decision-making needs to be informed by up-to-date and timely information on key indicators of the state of the climate system and of the human influence on the global climate system. However, successive IPCC reports are published at intervals of 5–10 years, creating potential...
Tagged under: COP28 | IPCC | Climate Change | Earth Energy Imbalance
Against climate hypocrisy: why the IPCC needs its own net-zero target
2023-05-25 (or before) in NatureA robust strategy to slash the IPCC’s carbon emissions would be a testbed for international climate policy — and serve as an example of effective action. A robust strategy to slash the IPCC’s carbon emissions would be a testbed for international climate policy — and serve as an example of effective action.
SHEEP IN WOLVES CLOTHING — THE IPCC’S (LATEST) FINAL WARNING | by Jackson Damian - the psychology of climate change | Medium
2023-05-02 (or before) in MediumHow they hide the truth and what scientists can do about it
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
New IPCC Report: “Further Delay Too Dangerous, Current Climate Plans Inadequate,” Scientists Say | Future Earth
2023-04-24 (or before) in Future EarthTagged under: IPCC
Down to Earth: The path to radically lower emissions tucked away inside the devastating IPCC report
2023-04-20 in The GuardianIn this week’s newsletter: The world has no choice but to halve carbon output by 2030 – one chart shows the way forward
Tagged under: IPCC
Climate change: multi-country media analysis shows scepticism of the basic science is dying out
2023-04-18 by in The ConversationWe watched 30 news programmes in five countries to see how they covered an IPCC report.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
What does the latest IPCC Report mean for rebels?
2023-04-15 in Robin BoardmanThe 2023 report is the final update from the IPCC before the end of the decade and it highlights the urgent need for strong progress by 2030 to mitigate the worst of climate chaos. Given that its primary audience, Governments, are failing abysmally to act on that advice, I've summarised
Tagged under: IPCC
IPCC Synthesis Report: What does it say? What does it mean? | IPCC FINAL REPORT 2023
2023-04-09 (or before) in YouTubeJOIN XRUK THIS APRIL 21-24 AT THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENTDr Charlie Gardner and Clare Farrell discuss the latest IPCC synthesis report, the final report in the m...
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
IPCC’s conservative nature masks true scale of action needed to avert catastrophic climate change
2023-04-04 in Geography Directions - Geographical expertise applied to the issues that matter mostBy Kevin Anderson, University of Manchester This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Cha…
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
The Media's Recent Turn to “Climate Optimism” Is a Cruel Fantasy
2023-04-03 in The NationBeneath the upbeat messaging, the latest UN climate report makes it clear that while the means to save the planet may still be available, the political will is nowhere in sight.
Tagged under: IPCC | Fossil Fuels
The IPCC Report on the Impacts of Climate Change is Depressing
2023-04-01 (or before) in The Breakthrough InstituteAs a climate scientist, with nine of my own research papers referenced in the IPCC report, I value sober, even-handed analysis above all else. What drew me to science and what gives science its authority in society is the notion that it at least strives to deliver objective analysis rather than…
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | IPCC | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
Global warming in the pipeline
2023-03-31 (or before) in arXiv.org e-Print archiveImproved knowledge of glacial-to-interglacial global temperature change implies that fast-feedback equilibrium climate sensitivity is at least ~4°C for doubled CO2 (2xCO2), with likely range 3.5-5.5°C. Greenhouse gas (GHG) climate forcing is 4.1 W/m2 larger in 2021 than in 1750, equivalent to 2xCO2 forcing. Global warming in the pipeline is greater than prior estimates. Eventual global warming due to today's GHG forcing alone -- after slow feedbacks operate -- is about 10°C. Human-made aerosols are a major climate forcing, mainly via their effect on clouds. We infer from paleoclimate data that ae...
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change | Geoengineering
National contributions to climate change due to historical emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide since 1850 - Scientific Data
2023-03-30 (or before) in NatureAnthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) have made significant contributions to global warming since the pre-industrial period and are therefore targeted in international climate policy. There is substantial interest in tracking and apportioning national contributions to climate change and informing equitable commitments to decarbonisation. Here, we introduce a new dataset of national contributions to global warming caused by historical emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide during the years 1851–2021, which are consistent with the latest findings of the IPCC. ...
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Methane | Decarbonisation
10 Big Findings from the 2023 IPCC Report on Climate Change
2023-03-29 (or before) in World Resources InstituteThe latest IPCC report details the devastating consequences of climate change and highlights pathways to avoid dangerous and irreversible risks from rising greenhouse gas emissions.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
UK scientists urge Rishi Sunak to halt new oil and gas developments
2023-03-29 in The GuardianCall comes on eve of revised net zero strategy that allows drilling in North Sea and boosts ‘unproven’ carbon capture
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Rishi Sunak | Net Zero
Corporate Interests ‘Watered Down’ the Latest IPCC Climate Report, Investigations Find - Inside Climate News
2023-03-28 by in Inside Climate NewsFierce negotiations between countries working to protect their financial and political interests ultimately “watered down” a landmark climate report released last week by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, according to a series of recent reports and investigations. The findings highlight what activists have long warned is hampering meaningful global action to curb […]
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Activism
The meat industry got the IPCC to edit a climate change report
2023-03-26 (or before) in Quartz | Make business betterA leaked draft revealed how the meat industry is obstructing efforts to curb climate change
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Climate Change Mitigation
Facing Up to the Climate Reckoning Ahead
2023-03-24 in The NationThe IPCC’s forecast of fast-approaching climate catastrophe requires us to think, and organize, in urgent new ways.
Tagged under: IPCC
Eight things the world must do to avoid the worst of climate change
2023-03-21 in The GuardianLatest IPCC report highlights key measures countries must take to avoid climate catastrophe
Tagged under: Methane | IPCC | Climate Change Mitigation
IPCC report: the world must cut emissions and urgently adapt to the new climate realities | Blog by Bronwyn Hayward
2023-03-20 in CUSP | Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable ProsperityAlready, climate change plays out in all parts of the world. Every further increment of warming will bring rapidly escalating hazards, exacerbating more intense heatwaves and floods, ocean warming …
Tagged under: Oceans | IPCC | Climate Change | Heatwaves
Samoa PM urges world to save Pacific people from climate crisis obliteration
2023-03-19 in The GuardianFiame Naomi Mata’afa pleads for action before landmark IPCC report is expected to issue ‘final warning’
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Pacific Ocean
Arctic climate modelling too conservative
2023-03-14 (or before) in Hem | Gšteborgs universitetClimate models used by the UN’s IPCC and others to project climate change are not accurately reflecting what the Arctic’s future will be. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg argue that the rate of warming will be much faster than projected.
Tagged under: Arctic | IPCC | Climate Change
Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change
2022-11-01 (or before) in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeTagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Climate Change Mitigation
European Commission aims to end secret system protecting fossil fuel holdings
2022-10-08 in The GuardianProposal aims to reform energy charter treaty that protects multi-billion-pound investments in Europe
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
High-profile paper on “catastrophic” climate impacts echoes our "What Lies Beneath" analysis on fat-tail, existential risks and IPCC reticence, published four years ago
2022-08-10 by in resilienceThere is a need to outline current knowledge about the likelihood of extreme climate change, and to develop a research agenda.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | IPCC | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
Documents Show How Polluting Industries Mobilized to Block Climate Action
2022-07-31 (or before) in The InterceptSince its inception, the IPCC itself has been the target of corporate obstructionism.
Oxford climate scientists: No doubt about climate change. | University of Oxford
2022-07-05 (or before) in Oxford UniversityLeading Oxford climate scientists today insisted there can be no doubt that human-driven climate change is a fact and urgent action is needed, as the IPCC’s report is released showing emissions are driving up temperatures.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
“It’s a Very Western Vision of the World” - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
2022-06-25 (or before) in RLS - Rosa-Luxemburg-StiftungHow ideological bias and structural inequality prevent the IPCC from exploring possibilities for fundamental transformation
Tagged under: IPCC
We cannot adapt our way out of climate crisis, warns leading scientist
2022-06-01 in The GuardianKatharine Hayhoe says the world is heading for dangers people have not seen in 10,000 years of civilisation
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change
Degrowth in the IPCC AR6 WGIII – Timothée Parrique
2022-05-27 (or before) in TimothŽe ParriqueIPBES/IPCC: Tackling the biodiversity and climate crises together, and their combined social impacts
2022-05-27 (or before) in EurekAlert! Science News ReleasesThe Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) launch a peer-reviewed report based on a 4-day virtual workshop on addressing the biodiversity and climate crises together involving 50 jointly-selected international experts.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
The kids are not OK | Guest blog by Julia Steinberger
2022-05-11 in CUSP | Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable ProsperityVery recently, IPCC lead author Prof Julia Steinberger went to give a climate talk at her old high school in Geneva—and—in her own words—was given a masterclass in our failings. This is the story o…
Tagged under: IPCC
Carbon Dioxide Removal from our oceans. Can we achieve 20 BILLION tonnes per year?
2022-05-08 (or before) in YouTubeCarbon Dioxide Removal is the latest buzz phrase in the climate world. The IPCC tell us it will be essential to meet the goals of the Paris Accord. But it's ...
Tagged under: Oceans | IPCC | Ocean Acidification
Climate change: IPCC scientists say it's 'now or never' to limit warming - BBC News
2022-05-07 (or before) in The BBCStaving off the worst impacts of climate change is possible, say scientists, but immediate action is needed.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
Climate simulations: recognize the ‘hot model’ problem
2022-05-04 in NatureThe sixth and latest IPCC assessment weights climate models according to how well they reproduce other evidence. Now the rest of the community should do the same. The sixth and latest IPCC assessment weights climate models according to how well they reproduce other evidence. Now the rest of the community should do the same.
Heat waves likely to last ‘25 times longer’ in India by another 2-4 decades, says climate report
2022-05-02 (or before) in Down To Earth | Environment & science issues | India, South Asia The heatwaves will last over five times longer if global temperature rise is constrained to about 2°C, says report launched ahead of G20 summit
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Heatwaves | Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change
Climate change: IPCC scientists to examine carbon removal in key report - BBC News
2022-03-21 (or before) in The BBCThere's likely to be a new emphasis on technology to suck CO2 from the air in IPCC report on mitigation.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Climate Change Mitigation
The First Step Toward Saving the Planet Is Ignoring the Economists
2022-03-04 by in Rolling Stone - Music, Film, TV and Political News CoverageThe U.N.’s latest climate report shows that we don’t know how expensive the climate crisis will be, which means cost-benefit analyses weighing how to combat it are pointless
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Economics
We cling to our memory of the perfect summer – before flood, fire and plague. But the past is gone and we have to wake up | Brigid Delaney
2022-03-03 in The GuardianSigns of collapse are everywhere, and if we think it’s possible to return to ‘normal’, then we are deluded
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather | IPCC | Climate Change | Flooding | Collapse
IPCC Risk Analysis Shows Safe Limits Have Already Been Passed - The Energy Mix
2022-03-02 in The Energy Mix - The climate news you needHumankind is not just heading for a more dangerous future: for some people, the safe limits have already been passed, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows in its climate impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability report this week.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
'Managed retreat' from coastal living could soon be reality, climate report warns
2022-02-28 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)The world's scientists declare climate change is now a threat to human wellbeing, warning we are about to miss the window to "secure a liveable and sustainable future for all".
Tagged under: Bushfires | IPCC | Climate Change
IPCC issues ‘bleakest warning yet’ on impacts of climate breakdown
2022-02-28 in The GuardianReport says human actions are causing dangerous disruption, and window to secure a liveable future is closing
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
2022-02-28 (or before) in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeTagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts
WGII Summary for Policymakers Headline Statements
2022-02-28 (or before) in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeTagged under: IPCC
In-depth Q&A: The IPCC's sixth assessment on how climate change impacts the world - Carbon Brief
2022-02-28 by in Carbon BriefThe sixth report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says the threat that climate change poses to human well-being and the health of the planet is “unequivocal”.
Tagged under: IPCC | Health | Climate Change Impacts
Worst-Case Climate Change Scenarios Are Highly Implausible, Argues New Study
2022-02-09 in Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free MarketsGlobal temperature to rise to around 2.2°C above the pre-industrial average by 2100.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | IPCC | Climate Change
"Have reverence for life" - Interview with ecocentrist Fred Hageneder on climate disruption, species extinction and our future on Earth
2022-01-22 in Pressenza - International Press AgencyHeat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires are on the rise, the IPCC and the UN are sounding the alarm bells. Recently, even a report by the National
Tagged under: Wildfires | Drought | IPCC
Despite climate emergency, the United States, Canada, and Norway "pumping more oil than ever" - Oil Change International
2022-01-19 in Oil Change InternationalLast year the world’s leading climate scientists, the IPCC, issued a “code red” for humanity and outlined how we had to stop oil and gas drilling if we wanted a liveable future. But still we drill. Take three countries who like to see themselves as climate leaders...
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
Co-designing engaging and accessible data visualisations: a case study of the IPCC reports - Climatic Change
2022-01-05 (or before) in Springer VerlagCreating scientifically rigorous and user-friendly data visualisations can play a critical role in making complex information more accessible to wider audiences and supporting informed decision-making. ‘Co-design’ encapsulates a way of approaching data visualisation that ensures a deep and shared understanding between those creating the visuals (e.g. information designers, content experts, cognitive scientists) and the audience/users. This essay describes co-designing data visualisations with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). A multidisciplinary design team made up of information designers and cog...
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
Top climate scientists are sceptical that nations will rein in global warming
2022-01-02 (or before) in NatureA Nature survey reveals that many authors of the latest IPCC climate-science report are anxious about the future and expect to see catastrophic changes in their lifetimes. A Nature survey reveals that many authors of the latest IPCC climate-science report are anxious about the future and expect to see catastrophic changes in their lifetimes.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
Burning embers: towards more transparent and robust climate-change risk assessments - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
2021-12-21 (or before) in NatureBurning embers figures are used to represent climate-change risk and their transitions. This Review outlines the history and evolution of the burning embers concept, focusing on methodological shifts that increase transparency and allow for a more systematic elicitation process in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
Context and Early Origins of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Climatic Change
2021-11-19 (or before) in Springer VerlagClimate change is a problem which is global both in terms of causes and consequences. The uncertainties are large and likely to persist. Meanwhile, the political and economic stakes of both action and inaction are much higher than those in other transboundary concerns such as acid rain and ozone depletion. The public policy impact of scientific opinions on climate change, therefore, not only depends upon what is being said, but also, who is advancing those conclusions and how they were arrived at. This was the rationale behind the setting up of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988. The paper examines the ...
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Public Opinion
We’re Heading Straight for a Demi-Armageddon
2021-11-04 (or before) by in The AtlanticWhat happens when we do something—but not enough—to stop climate change?
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Joe Biden | IPCC | Climate Change | Electricity | Russia | Sea Level | Climate Change Impacts | Electricity Grid | Activism
IPCC Scientist Survey Shows Most Expect Climate Catastrophe Soon
2021-11-02 (or before) in Gizmodo | The Future Is HereA survey of the world’s top climate researchers shows a stark finding: Most expect catastrophic levels of heating and damage soon—very soon.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
Leaked documents reveal the fossil fuel and meat producing countries lobbying against climate action
2021-10-21 in Greenpeace UK - UnearthedLeaked documents detail how some of the world’s biggest coal, oil and meat producing nations are lobbying to weaken a key UN climate report
Tagged under: Coal | IPCC | Greenpeace
The climate science behind wildfires: why are they getting worse? – video explainer
2021-08-20 by in The GuardianThe Guardian's global environment editor, Jonathan Watts, explains the science behind why wildfires are getting worse and what we need to do to tackle the problem
Tagged under: Wildfires | IPCC | Climate Change
The UN's big climate report buried some bad news about our eating habits
2021-08-14 (or before) in Mother Jones - Smart, fearless journalismMethane may hold the key to deciding whether the earth continues to morph into a disaster-movie set over the next generation.
Tagged under: Meat Production | Methane | IPCC | Food Production and Consumption
Sixth Assessment Report — IPCC
2021-08-11 (or before) in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeTagged under: IPCC
Let’s say it without flinching: the fossil fuel industry is destroying our future | Simon Lewis
2021-08-10 in The GuardianFollowing the unequivocal IPCC climate report, we must all put pressure on governments to end the fossil fuel era, says environment scientist Simon Lewis
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis
2021-08-10 (or before) in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeTagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
The IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report and implications for #Manchester (aka “Eleven Theses on futility, backed up with footnotes (1)”)
2021-08-09 in Manchester Climate Monthly | To inform, inspire and involveToday the latest “we are all doomed” climate report comes out. It is the latest in a long long (see below) line of such reports. Climate activists will want to believe that this, at last will…
Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible – IPCC’s starkest warning yet
2021-08-09 in The GuardianReport warns temperatures likely to rise by more than 1.5C bringing widespread extreme weather
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change
Reduce methane or face climate catastrophe, scientists warn
2021-08-06 in The GuardianExclusive: IPCC says gas, produced by farming, shale gas and oil extraction, playing ever-greater role in overheating planet
Tagged under: Farming | COP26 | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | IPCC | Climate Change
William Nordhaus versus the United Nations on Climate Change Economics - Econlib
2021-07-26 (or before) in Econlib - The Library of Economics and LibertyWilliam Nordhaus was a co-recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics for his pioneering work on the economics of climate change. On the day of the Nobel announcement, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) released a special report1 advising the governments of the world on various steps necessary to limit […]
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Economics
Economic failures of the IPCC process | Prof Steve Keen on Patreon
2021-07-25 (or before) in PatreonTagged under: IPCC
On avoiding dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system: Formidable challenges ahead
2021-07-04 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceThe observed increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) since the preindustrial era has most likely committed the world to a warming of 2.4°C (1.4°C to 4.3°C) above the preindustrial surface temperatures. The committed warming is inferred from the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates of the greenhouse forcing and climate sensitivity. The estimated warming of 2.4°C is the equilibrium warming above preindustrial temperatures that the world will observe even if GHG concentrations are held fixed at their 2005 concentration levels but without any other anthropogenic forc...
Tagged under: Oceans | Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change | Sea Level | Climate Change Mitigation | Tipping Points
Few realistic scenarios left to limit global warming to 1.5°C
2021-05-16 (or before) in Science DailyOf the over 400 climate scenarios assessed in the 1.5°C report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), only around 50 scenarios avoid significantly overshooting 1.5°C. Of those only around 20 make realistic assumptions on mitigation options, for instance the rate and scale of carbon removal from the atmosphere or extent of tree planting, a new study shows. All 20 scenarios need to pull at least one mitigation lever at 'challenging' rather than 'reasonable' levels.
Tagged under: Oceans | Global Warming | IPCC | Climate Change | Climate Change Mitigation
Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap
2021-04-27 (or before) by in The ConversationProminent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to ‘greenwash’ their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
We’re Hurtling Toward Global Suicide | The New Republic
2021-03-20 (or before) in The New RepublicWhy we must do everything differently to ensure the planet’s survival
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Economics
Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out
2020-11-20 in Counter PunchExpert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion/XR recently interviewed Peter Carter, M.D., who has the distinguished
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | IPCC
Ice Sheet Melting Is Perfectly in Line With Our Worst-Case Scenario, Scientists Warn
2020-09-09 (or before) by in ScienceAlertThe Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which hold enough frozen water to lift oceans 65 metres, are tracking the UN's worst-case scenarios for sea level rise, researchers said Monday, highlighting flaws in current climate change models.
Tagged under: Oceans | IPCC | Climate Change | Antarctic | Ice Melting | Sea Level
Negative emissions tech helps, but it's no magic bullet for the climate crisis | Tamsin Edwards
2020-07-20 in The GuardianSprinkling rock dust on fields is no replacement for reducing emissions, says the academic Tamsin Edwards
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change
IMF chief 'couldn't sleep' after reading climate report: 'What have we done?'
2020-01-24 (or before) in Yahoo Finance - stock market live, quotes, business & finance news'The big eye opener was when last year I read IPCC report,' Kristalina Georgieva said. 'I tell you, I could not sleep that night.'
The environment in 2050: flooded cities, forced migration – and the Amazon turning to savannah
2019-12-30 in The GuardianUnless we focus on shared solutions, violent storms and devastating blazes could be the least of the world’s troubles. Civilisation itself will be at risk
Tagged under: Deforestation | Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Drought | Amazon Rainforest | IPCC | Climate Change | Geoengineering
Science NOT Silence - March For Science
2019-12-17 (or before) in marchforscience.orgThe groundbreaking IPCC 1.5° report – authored by the world’s leading climate scientists – is being blocked from UN climate ...
Does Greta Thunberg’s Lifestyle Equal Climate Denial? One Climate Scientist Seems To Suggest So.
2019-11-15 (or before) by in ForbesThe climate debate has taken an interesting turn. It is no longer a shouting match between climate affirmers and climate deniers. Now the debate is taking place among climate affirmers on the subject of personal responsibility for combating climate change.
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | IPCC | Climate Change
The Paris Climate Problem: A Dangerous Lack of Urgency - Inside Climate News
2019-11-07 in Inside Climate NewsWhile nearly all of the world’s countries have pledged to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, the reductions they’re planning in the short term—over the next 10 years—aren’t nearly enough, leading scientists warn in a new report. Nearly two-thirds of the pledges under the Paris climate agreement are “totally insufficient” to meet critical climate targets, the […]
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | IPCC
RCP 8.5: Business-as-usual or a worst-case scenario?
2019-09-22 in Climate Nexus | Changing the Conversation on ClimateThere is debate over whether the climate change scenario RCP 8.5 represents a "business as usual” scenario, a “high emissions”, or a "worst-case" scenario.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
Teenage activists and an IPCC triumph
2019-08-17 (or before) in NatureThe latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a well-timed blueprint for action. Decision makers must now pay attention — a nascent youth movement is showing them how. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a well-timed blueprint for action.
Tagged under: Activism | Climate Change | IPCC
This is why we talk of extinction – A slideshow precis/analysis for-the-busy of the latest UN IPCC report – Jeremy Leggett
2019-08-10 (or before) in Jeremy Leggett - Climate, energy, tech, and the future of civilisationTagged under: IPCC
U.N. Climate Report Merely a Blueprint for Destroying the World Economy
2019-06-03 (or before) by in The Heritage FoundationWhat will it take to keep the planet habitable? According to some eco-warriors, all that’s necessary is to end capitalism — the one economic system that has lifted billions from poverty and suffering. The latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report led Eric Holthaus, a Grist writer, to tweet enthusiastically, “The world’s top scientists just gave rigorous backing to systematically dismantle capitalism as a key requirement to maintaining civilization and a habitable planet.”
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Economics | Capitalism
You Are Stealing Our Future: Greta Thunberg, 15, Condemns the World’s Inaction on Climate Change
2018-12-14 (or before) in YouTubehttps://democracynow.org - Fifteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed the U.N. plenary last night in Katowice, Poland, condemning glo...
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change | Activism | Climate Justice
'Window is narrowing': scientists urge action at UN climate talks
2018-12-11 in The GuardianGilet jaunes protests cast shadow as concerns raised over backlash against rapid change
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change | Wind Power
Past four years hottest on record, data shows
2018-11-29 in The GuardianWorld running out of time to combat climate change, warns meteorological organisation
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | IPCC | Climate Change
A Radically Realistic Climate Vision | by Barbara Unmüßig - Project Syndicate
2018-11-01 by Barbara Unmüßig in Project SyndicateBarbara Unmüßig argues that limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is both possible and essential.
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
Mary Robinson on climate change: ‘Feeling “This is too big for me” is no use to anybody’
2018-10-12 by Rory Carroll in The GuardianThe former president of Ireland has a new raison d’être: saving the planet. Yet, despite the dire warnings of this week’s IPCC report, she is surprisingly upbeat
Tagged under: Mary Robinson | Climate Change | IPCC
Climate Science Deniers Respond to IPCC 1.5C Report with Anger, Fear, and Distortion
2018-10-11 by in DeSmogA big UN report arrived on Monday, saying in no uncertain terms that the world has up to two decades to massively cut emissions by transforming the global economy if we want to avoid terrible climate impacts. Given the implications of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) findings — government intervention, progressive social policies, more international aid […]
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change Denial and Disinformation | Climate Change | Disinformation and Misinformation | Climate Change Impacts | Economics
We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN
2018-10-08 in The GuardianUrgent changes needed to cut risk of extreme heat, drought, floods and poverty, says IPCC
Tagged under: Oceans | Drought | IPCC | Climate Change | Sea Level
Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 (Published 2018)
2018-10-08 in The New York TimesTagged under: IPCC
World 'nowhere near on track' to avoid warming beyond 1.5C target
2018-09-27 in The GuardianExclusive: Author of key UN climate report says limiting temperature rise would require enormous, immediate transformation in human activity
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
IPCC attribution statements redux: A response to Judith Curry
2014-08-27 in RealClimateI have written a number of times about the procedure used to attribute recent climate change (here in 2010, in 2012 (about the AR4 statement), and again in 2013 after AR5 was released). For people who want a summary of what the attribution problem is, how we think about the human contributions and why the IPCC reaches the conclusions it does, read those posts instead of this one. The bottom line is that multiple ...
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change
Why climate change will likely be worse than the models predict
2013-09-04 by in blog.rsb.org.ukDr Aaron Thierry is a quantitative ecologist who recently graduated from The University of Sheffield’s Department of Animal and Plant Sciences. He is extremely concerned about the level of un…
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | IPCC | Predictions | Climate Change
House Republicans cut funding to UN climate science body
2011-02-21 in The GuardianFunding ban to IPCC part of cuts package that would slash spending on environmental protection
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | US Politics
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