The Guardian’s environment editor Damian Carrington is no stranger to the world’s top climate experts, speaking to them often in the course of his work. But in the last year or so he noticed a change in tone from many of them, who seemed to be losing faith in the world’s ability to keep global heating to the 1.5C target.
So, Damian decided to get a real feel for what was going on. He approached every contactable lead author or review editor of reports by the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 2018. To his surprise, almost half of the 843 scientists on the list replied.
