The story so far: On February 27, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a major report that reviewed the scientific evidence on natural, ecological, social and economic spheres, concluding that climate change has already produced irreversible losses and damage to land, coastal and marine ecosystems.
This new report, which assesses the prospects for the planet if global average surface temperature exceeds 1.5°C from the pre-industrial era, warns of severe consequences to food supply, human health, biodiversity loss and integrity of the natural environment, if carbon emissions from human activity are not sharply reduced, and governments lack the political will to review their policies.
