Thread by @CarbonBrief

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On Monday, the #IPCC published its 6th #ClimateReport.

Carbon Brief pored over more than 3,000 pages to produce this in-depth Q&A.

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It unpacks the key findings of the report and explains the developments since the previous assessment.

Headlines 📰 this week from around the world have focused on the report’s main findings.

“Starkest warning yet”
“Code red for humanity”

@Josh_Gabbatiss @AyeshaTandon & @GAViglione pulled together the key reactions from newspapers in an interactive table
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When is the world 🌎 expected to pass 1.5C and 2C of warming?

@hausfath explores the updated estimates here ⬇️
carbonbrief.org/analysis-what-…

One of the key developments is the link between human-caused warming and increasingly severe #ExtremeWeather, which is now “an established fact”.

@rtmcswee unpicks what the reports says about:

🔥 Heat
☔️ Rainfall
🌊 Flooding
🌵 Drought
🌀 Cyclones
carbonbrief.org/explainer-what…

AR6 pulls together the findings from more than 14,000 peer-reviewed studies.

Carbon Brief spoke to 16 #climate scientists, many of whom were co-authors on the report, to ask them to pick out the most important insights.

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Looking back, how does the latest report compare to its predecessors?

Find out here ⬇️
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@rtmcswee has compiled the key statements from the ‘Summary For Policymakers’ and compared them to the IPCC’s previous assessment and recent special reports.