Time is short to avert the worst impacts of climate change, but the report also reminds us there is no scientific reason to delay action.
The latest report from the IPCC published today [Monday 9 August, 2021] stresses the urgency to protect the most ambitious target of the Paris Agreement for global temperature rise to remain below 1.5°C.
Professor Albert Klein Tank is the Director of the Met Office Hadley Centre. He said: “This report paints the starkest picture yet of the global and regional impacts of climate change. Time is short to avert the worst impacts of climate change, but the report also reminds us there is no scientific reason to delay action. The case is clear. More focussed projections of future climate change are making some more optimistic outcomes even more challenging, and that should be a warning to all.
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Posted On: 09/08/2021