Prof Liz Bentley, Chief Executive of the Royal Meteorological Society presents some of the key findings from the recent IPCC's Working Group II Climate Report (published on the 28th February 2022).
Key findings
Recent changes in climate are widespread, rapid and intensifying, and unprecedented in thousands of years.
Humans are “unequivocally” responsible for global warming
Some climate systems are irreversible at least for centuries
Although time is running out, it is not too late to avoid the worst impacts of climate breakdown
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate report, prepared by a diverse team of 234 authors from 66 countries, says that human activity has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land at an unprecedented rate.
Global warming of 1.5 °C and 2 °C will be exceeded during the 21st century, unless deep cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases occur in the coming decades.
Future impacts
Extreme heat: more frequent and intense
Droughts: increasing in some regions
Heavy rain: more frequent and intense
Wildfires: more frequent
Oceans: warming, acidifying and losing oxygen
The sober assessment comes less than three months before Glasgow hosts COP26, a key climate summit.
Original source: RMetS (Royal Meteorological Society)
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