Global warming caused by humans is advancing at 0.26°C per decade – the highest rate since records began, according to new research by more than 50 leading international scientists.

 A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is warning that the challenge to keep global warming to 1.5C has become even greater due to a continued increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is warning that limiting global warming to 1.5°C is beyond reach without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors.

Listen to today’s press conference by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to present the findings of its landmark report Climate change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. The press conference references changes which will be “irreversible in our lifetime.”

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to chair a new Cabinet Committee on Climate Change which will coordinate and drive decarbonisation and adaptation and resilience action across Government, including how ‘net-zero’ is achieved.

In an Expert Focus article for Waterbriefing, Jonathan Grant, Sustainability & Climate Change Director at PwC, explores some of the key issues surrounding the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change newly-published Synthesis Report in the run-up to the Paris climate summit.