The consequences of human-caused climate change — including recent extreme weather events that have wreaked havoc around the globe — will grow drastically worse this century if humanity fails to act, according to a landmark report issued Monday by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC warned in 2018 that global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius beyond pre-industrial levels will be catastrophic; Monday's new report, authored by 234 scientists from 66 countries, warned that humanity is currently on track for even worse ...
The press seemed to get the message.