
A blunt report from a United Nations panel on climate change says humanity is running out of time and options to reverse course on the climate and avoid permanent damage.
The findings — which come from the Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Sixth Assessment Report — are a scathing indictment of governmental responses to climate change worldwide. Without immediate and drastic cuts to fossil fuel consumption, the toll on human life will be profound, the report states.