Warming Above 1.5C Likely in Near Term Unless World Acts Now, UN Says
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that “deep, rapid and sustained” cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are urgently needed to keep climate change within livable limits.
A woman carries a pot to fill with drinking water through a flooded area of Umerkot district in Sindh province, Pakistan, Sept. 10, 2022.
Photographer: Asim Hafeez/BloombergContinuing to burn fossil fuels threatens human well-being and the stability of much of life on Earth, with the chance of avoiding the most severe impacts moving rapidly out of reach, according to a report released Monday by United Nations-backed climate scientists.
“This report is a clarion call to massively fast-track climate efforts by every country and every sector and on every timeframe,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres in a statement alongside the release by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “In short, our world needs climate action on all fronts — everything, everywhere, all at once.”