If that happened, global warming would likely halt and level off at around 1.5C, the report concludes.” The New York Times notes that the report’s authors conclude that “not all is lost, however, and humanity can still prevent the planet from getting even hotter”. The newspaper adds: “Doing so would require a coordinated effort among countries to stop adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by around 2050, which would entail a rapid shift away from fossil fuels starting immediately, as well as potentially removing vast amounts of carbon from the air. Reuters also highlights the “key takeaways”, including “humans are to blame – full stop”. ‘This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels before they destroy our planet.’” The Independent says that “the group of 234 scientists from 66 countries found ‘it is more likely than not’ that the world will reach 1.5C above pre-industrial levels sometime over the next 20 years”.Ĭlimate Home News carries what it says are “five takeaways” from the report, which include, “We are set to pass 1.5C warming by 2040”, and, “We are closer to irreversible tipping points”. The scientists forecast no end to warming trends until emissions cease…The document is ‘a code red for humanity’, said Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, in prepared remarks tied to the report’s release. The paper quotes Boris Johnson, prime minister of the UK, which is hosting COP26 later this year: “Today’s report makes for sobering reading, and it is clear that the next decade is going to be pivotal to securing the future of our planet…I hope today’s report will be a wake-up call for the world to take action now, before we meet in Glasgow in November for the critical COP26 summit.“ Bloomberg says: “An epochal new report from the world’s top climate scientists warns that the planet will warm to 1.5C in the next two decades without drastic moves to eliminate greenhouse gas pollution…The latest scientific assessment from the UN’s IPCC for the first time speaks with certainty about the total responsibility of human activity for rising temperatures. But there is new hope that deep cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases could stabilise rising temperatures…In strong, confident tones, the IPCC’s document says ‘it is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, oceans and land’.” The Guardian says the report is the “IPCC’s starkest yet” and involved “marshalling the work of hundreds of experts and peer-review studies” over eight years. The authors also show that a rise in sea levels approaching 2m by the end of this century ‘cannot be ruled out’. The broadcaster adds: “The report says that ongoing emissions of warming gases could also see a key temperature limit broken in just over a decade. Released within the last hour, the IPCC’s assessment report – which will be released in four stages over the next year or so and is the first since 2013/14 – shows that humanity’s damaging impact on the climate is a “statement of fact”, says BBC News. Media outlets around the world are covering the findings of the latest report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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