A short thread on the just-published #IPCC #AR6 scientific working group (#WG1) report (ipcc.ch/working-group/…).
Three key takeaways IMHO: 🧵
Three key takeaways IMHO: 🧵
1. The Hockey Stick grows longer, blade grows sharper. Recent warmth may be unprecedented in at least 100,000 years (see my @Time op-ed for further details: time.com/6088531/ipcc-c…)
#IPCC #AR6
#IPCC #AR6
2. Impacts of climate change are now "widespread and pervasive". Climate change is NOW causing amplified weather extremes of the sort we’ve been witnessing this summer — droughts, heat waves, wildfires, floods, superstorms. The IPCC unambiguously connects the dots this time:
3. Urgency AND agency: We can prevent the worst impacts (e.g. multiple meters of sea level rise) through bold action in the years ahead. The crucial message going into #COP26
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