UN Climate Change Report Expected To Be A Wake-Up Call For Governments.

Monday, 9 August 2021 09:31

Maynooth U. Professor says the report sends a clear message.

A major UN climate report published today is expected to act as a "wake-up call" for governments to take action.

The findings are based on thousands of scientific papers and will set out the scale of change since 2013.

It'll deliver a stark warning on how fast the Earth is heating up - and the role played by humans.

Climatologist Professor John Sweeney from Maynooth University says the report will have a clear message

Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (@IPCC_CH) will present a #ClimateReport with the most comprehensive and up-to-date scientific knowledge on #ClimateChange.

Watch the press conference live at 10am CEST here: https://t.co/M8ALKbINvn pic.twitter.com/7bHwDmhS3U
— UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) August 9, 2021

A 1.5 degree rise in the Earth's temperature will be reached 10 years earlier than previously thought.

The findings are also due to lay out the scale and pace of change to the world's oceans, ice caps and land.

Professor Sweeney says it'll highlight the need for action

The report, released on Monday morning, shows it's indisputable than human activity is causing extreme weather events such as wildfires, flooding and heatwaves.

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which includes Maynooth University's Prof. Peter Thorne, has examined over 14 thousand climate change studies worldwide.

The report has found that current emissions will cause temperatures to rise by 1.5 percent over the next 20 years.

It says only a rapid reduction in greenhouse gases in the next decade can prevent a climate breakdown.

Climate scientist Valerie Masson-Delmotte says even a small increase can have a significant impact on the climate