IPCC Report 2021 Review

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James Walters
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IPCC Report 2021 Review

Here we look at my key takeaways from the IPCC Report 2021. This is part of our series on Living Sustainably.

With the release of the 2022 report from The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) I thought this would be a good time to recap my key takeaways from the IPCC’s 2021 report.

Every business, every investor, every citizen must play their part.

Climate change is here, now; we are here, now; if we don’t act, who will?

We are not heading towards a global average temperature rise of 1.5C compared to pre-industrial era, we’re heading towards 2C to 3C.

Traditional agricultural practices can be resilient to climate and non-climate pressures, and can allow people to adapt to many climatic changes.

Climate change is already affecting every region of our planet.

The 2021 Latest IPCC report had 234 authors from 65 countries, 78,000+ review comments, and 46 countries commented on Final Government Distribution.

Human influence has warmed the climate at a rate that is unprecedented in at least the last 2,000 years.

CO2 concentration is the highest in at least 2 million years.

Sea levels have risen at the fastest rates in at least 3,000 years.

Arctic sea ice area is at its lowest level in at least 1,000 years.

Unless there are immediate, rapid, and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to 1.5C will be beyond reach.

If we rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions; if we can reach global net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, it is extremely likely that we can keep global warming well below 2C.

Extreme rainfall intensifies by 7% for each additional 1C temperature rise.

It is indisputable that human activities are causing climate change, making extreme climate events, including heatwaves, heavy rainfall, and droughts, more frequent and severe.

Observed warming is driven by emissions from human activities. Natural factors, natural climate variability, had little effect on global warming.

Many changes assessed are related to the global water cycle – with warmer temperatures; the atmosphere holds more water, more and faster evaporation, heavier rainfall, intensifying dry seasons and droughts.

Use the IPCC Interactive Atlas to look at our possible climate futures interactive-atlas.ipcc.ch.

To limit global warming, strong, rapid, and sustained reductions in CO2, methane, and other greenhouse gases are necessary. This would not only reduce the consequences of climate change but also improve air quality.

The climate we experience in the future depends on our decisions now.

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