The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC) tomorrow releases its AR6 synthesis report, its final publication before 2030, the deadline for staying on path to 1.5 degrees C temperature rise to ward off the most horrific consequences of climate change.
The report does not offer any new findings but rather is a synthesis of findings to date, providing a dramatic unimaginable breakdown of the drastic measures the world needs to take to prevent catastrophic global heating. It looks to the future, warning of dire consequences of unabated warming.
Scientists earlier today approved the synthesis report after seven days of negotiating. It will inform negotiations at November’s COP28 in Dubai.
The IPCC issues reports every five to seven years.
The Guardian reports on the IPCC process:
The first three sections covered the physical science of the climate crisis, including observations and projections of global heating, the impacts of the climate crisis and how to adapt to them, and ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. They were published in August 2021, February and April 2022 respectively.
The synthesis report also includes three other shorter IPCC reports published since 2018, on the impacts of global heating of more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, climate change and land, and climate change and the oceans and cryosphere (the ice caps and glaciers).
euronews.green reports:
Each of these reports featured strong statements on the reality of climate change from the “unequivocal” consensus that human activity is causing it to the risks faced by half of humanity. Monday’s is likely to feature similarly bold headlines.