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Boris Johnson calls for a shift towards clean energy sources after "sobering" report on climate change.

The world faces crossing Paris Agreement warming limits within 20 years even with drastic emissions cuts this decade, the UN-backed IPCC scientific panel said in a landmark report published on Monday.

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Climate change is now affecting every continent, region and ocean on Earth, and every facet of the weather. Here are the key takeaway's from the latest IPCC climate report.

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The underlying message remains the same. The longer we wait, the more devastating the consequences.

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New Zealand’s climate has been changing in line with global trends over the last century, warming by 1.1℃. But unless we curb emissions fast, we can brace for more extreme downpours and droughts. James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

The latest IPCC report makes it clear we can no longer stop the seas from rising, but we can still control how much and how fast sea levels change. Nick Golledge, Professor of Glaciology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Australia may warm by 4℃ or more this century, the IPCC has found. As these IPCC authors explain, there is no going back from some changes in the climate system. Michael Grose, Climate projections scientist, CSIRO Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Roshanka Ranasinghe, Professor of Climate Change impacts and Coastal Risk Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

IPCC authors go beyond the headlines to explain how 1.5℃ warming is measured – and why there’s still reason to hope, and act, if Earth exceeds that limit. Michael Grose, Climate projections scientist, CSIRO Malte Meinshausen, A/Prof., School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Zebedee Nicholls, PhD Researcher at the Climate & Energy College, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Report warns temperatures likely to rise by more than 1.5C bringing widespread extreme weather

• IPCC’s verdict on climate crimes of humanity: guilty as hell
• ‘Not too late’: Australian scientists call for urgent action to avoid worst of climate crisis
• Climate crisis ‘unequivocally’ caused by humans, says IPCC
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Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, with some of the changes now inevitable and “irreversible”, climate scientists have warned.

Within the next two decades, temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, breaching the ambition of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, and bringing widespread devastation and extreme weather.

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As global temperatures rise, heatwaves, droughts, floods and other impacts will become more widespread, the sixth annual report says

• Major climate changes inevitable and irreversible - IPCC’s starkest warning yet
• IPCC’s verdict on climate crimes of humanity: guilty as hell
• Climate crisis ‘unequivocally’ caused by humans, says IPCC
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The first major assessment of its kind in seven years from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has found the globe’s ocean, lands and air temperatures are rising, and the human influence is “unequivocal”.

But what does the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report say about changes in Australia, and what can we expect for the future?

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states every corner of the planet is already being affected and it could get far worse

• IPCC report’s verdict on climate crimes of humanity: guilty as hell
• Humans have caused ‘unprecedented’ and ‘irreversible’ change to climate, scientists warn

“​​It is unequivocal.” Those stark three words are the first in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s new report. The climate crisis is unequivocally caused by human activities and is unequivocally affecting every corner of the planet’s land, air and sea already.

The report, produced by hundreds of the world’s top scientists and signed off by all the world’s governments, concludes that it could get far worse if the slim chance remaining to avert heating above 1.5C is not immediately grasped.

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The IPCC's new assessment report is a detailed and comprehensive statement of climate science. Here are nine key takeaways.

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"If this report makes you feel angry, sad and afraid, that is because it is angering, saddening and frightening."

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its long-awaited report. From accelerating emissions to intensifying disasters to rising sea levels, its authors lay out the new findings. Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University Malte Meinshausen, A/Prof., School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne Mark Hemer, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO Michael Grose, Climate projections scientist, CSIRO Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

IPCC says average temperatures in Australia have already risen 1.4°C, warns that each fraction of a degree of warming will take its toll.

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Hundreds on the island of Evia flee to safety by sea as a record heatwave triggers devastating fires.

The ESB's proposals risk compensating assets that either aren’t needed, or don’t show up when you need them most.

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Australia will get no medals for its performance on energy and emissions, with a new report showing it ranks among the worst performing countries on 10 key indicators.

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