The IPCC is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. It was created in 1988. Yes, really, 1988! The detrimental impacts of man-made climate change were known about back then, although it is only now, 34 years later – as our world starts to experience the impacts and we start to understand what is yet to come – that climate change has become a hot topic and is being taken more seriously. Every 6 to 7 years, the IPCC release reports about scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for reducing the rate at which climate change is taking place (ref 1).
So why do we care about the IPCC? Lets read that last sentence again – especially the part about the IPCC reporting on the impacts of climate change and providing options for reducing the rate at which it is happening: everything Our Place Our Planet stands for.
On 28 February, the IPCC launched their latest global report on the climate crisis. The report is a whopping 3675 pages. No time to read this? You and us both! Thankfully, Friends of the Earth (ref 1) provide an excellent summary of the latest report, which can be found here: https://campaigning.friendsoftheearth.uk/general-resources/what-latest-ipcc-report-tells-us
Last month’s IPCC report is a reality check that it’s going to get much worse unless we take urgent action to cut emissions.
The findings are clear; the climate crisis is here.
But the solutions are here too. And Our Place Our Planet is here to help you take small steps to help tackle this emergency. Take a look at the changes you can make today to help.
Sources:
- Friends of the Earth: https://campaigning.friendsoftheearth.uk/general-resources/what-latest-ipcc-report-tells-us
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: https://www.ipcc.ch/