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World needs a “quantum leap” in climate ambition to stave off devastating consequences

The Metropolitan Police. The Democratic Unionist Party. Xi Jinping in Moscow. Boris Johnson at the Privileges Committee. UBS acquiring Credit Suisse. Beavers marauding around Ealing. There is always something going on that seems more urgent than climate change. More ‘newsy’. I mean, what’s another UN report or additional tonne of…

Paris (AFP) - Devastating climate impacts are hitting faster than expected as the world teeters on reaching the 1.5 degree Celsius warming limit in a little over a decade, the UN said Monday.

Watch from Geneva as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases its sixth synthesis report.

Australia and other developed countries must achieve net-zero emissions a decade earlier than most have promised, the UN chief says.

Drastic and deep greenhouse has emissions cuts are needed, it said

Extreme heat is already killing people around the world while increasing disease, displacement and loss of livelihood and culture, scientists say

Reading the latest international climate report can feel overwhelming. It describes how rising temperatures caused by increasing greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are having rapid, widespread effects on the weather, climate and ecosystems in every region of the planet, and it says the risks are escalating faster than scientists…

It’s easy to feel pessimistic when scientists around the world are warning that climate change has advanced so far, it’s now inevitable that societies will either transform themselves or be transformed. But as two of the authors of a recent international climate report, we also see reason for optimism.