When the Paris agreement was signed in 2015, it included a commitment to limit long-term global temperature rise to 1.5C, and was seen as a significant turning point in the fight against the climate crisis. But since then, progress has been slow and it’s not time humanity can afford to waste. The frequency and intensity of natural disasters such as drought, hurricanes and floods continue to increase – 95% of the oldest and thickest ice in the Arctic is already gone and wildlife populations have fallen by 69% since 1970.
In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said a “fundamental societal and systems transformation” is needed to tackle the impending climate emergency.
