Thread by @ReisingerAndy

I put the latest #IPCC Synthesis #climatereport into a set of 35 haiku / #sciku. Obviously this is my personal interpretation, not an official 'translation'. Hope you enjoy it nonetheless. (Link to the full sciku set at the end of the thread.) @thescikuproject @IPCC_CH

Earth is heating up:
1.1 degrees, rising,
all caused by humans.

SYR SPM A.1.1, A.1.2, Footnote 8, Figure 2.1

Widespread rapid changes,
Climate extremes felt worldwide,
Loss and damage now.

SYR SPM A2, Figure SPM.1(a),(b)

“We’re in the same boat!”
Yes – some in the driving seat,
others get keel-hauled.

SYR SPM A.1.5, A.2, Figure 2.2, Figure 2.3, Sections 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 4.4

We try adapting;
Already reaching limits
Finance gaps are huge.

SYR SPM A.3

Children born today
Will face much more heat than us.
That’s our legacy.

SYR Figure SPM.1(c)

Climate efforts grow,
But NDCs starkly fail
Our collective goals.

SYR SPM A.4.1, A.4.3, Figure 2.5

We face yawning gaps
in emission targets and
implementation.

SYR Table 2.2

Existing fossil
infrastructure is enough
To cook our planet.

SYR SPM.5.3, Figure 3.5

Solar and wind rise,
Mix of push/pull policies,
Cost drops, hope persists.

SYR SPM A.4.1, A.4.2, Figure 2.4

We’ll reach 1.5
Within a decade. Stark fact.
Beyond that: our choice.

SYR SPM B.1, B.1.1, Footnote 29

Where are we headed?
Scenarios can show us
different futures.

SYR B.1., Box SPM.1, Cross-Section Box 2, Figure 1

Our assumptions shape
The futures we envisage:
Please keep that in mind.

SYR Box SPM.1

More heat, more extremes.
Compound risks: more dry, more wet,
More storms. Not pretty.

SYR SPM A2.1, B.1.3, B.1.4, Figure SPM.2

Every increment
Of warming matters. Risks rise,
Worse than we had thought.

SYR SPM B.2, B.2.2, Figure SPM.4

Seas won’t stop rising
But we can reduce the speed.
Let’s put the brakes on.

SYR SPM B.3, Figure 3.4

Today’s choices count:
A half degree translates to
metres, over time.

SYR SPM B.3, Figure 3.4

Low chance/big impact:
Such threats become more likely
The more Earth heats up.

SYR SPM B.3.2, B.3.3

Adaptation helps,
so does good development.
The same thing, really.

SYR C.2.3, C.4, Figure SPM.4(c), (d)

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Adaptation helps,
so does good development.
The same thing, really.

SYR C.2.3, C.4, Figure SPM.4(c), (d)

We can’t adapt to
Everything. The more warming,
The fewer options.

SYR SPM B.4

To limit warming,
Stick to a carbon budget,
Cut other gases.

SYR SPM B.5, B.5.1, Figure 3.5

The total carbon
Budget is mostly spent. Now:
Share what’s left. Fairly.

SYR SPM B.5.4, C.5.1, Figure 3.5

Remaining carbon
Budget is small. How small? That
Depends on methane.

SYR SPM B.5.2, B.5.3, Footnote 41

Reaching Paris needs
Rapid, deep emission cuts
Within this decade.

SYR SPM B.6.1, B.6.2, Table SPM.XX

Net zero, which one:
CO2 or GHG?
They are not the same.

SYR SPM B.5.1, B.6.1, Figure 3.6

Net zero goals need
CDR. Get used to it.
Try to use it well.

SYR SPM B.5.1, B.6.3, B.6.4, B.7.3

Overshoot brings risks,
And needs lots more CDR.
The price of delay.

SYR SPM B.7.1, B.7.2, B.7.3

Rapid reductions
demand unprecedented
transformations now.

SYR SPM C.1, C.2, C.3, Figure SPM.7

Manage disruption
Through policy packages.
Use the full toolbox.

SYR SPM C.1.2, C.2.5, C.6

Efforts serving both
development and climate can
sustain our future.

SYR SPM C.4, Figure 4.5

Our past constrains us
But good choices now create
Resilient pathways.

SYR C.1, C.2, Figure SPM.6

Rank justice highly,
Provide for just transitions.
Include behaviour change.

SYR SPM C.5

Clear goals, commitment,
governance, laws, and finance.
Governments are key.

SYR SPM C.6

Climate action needs
global cooperation,
upscaled finance flows.

SYR SPM C.7

We know what to do,
And we know how to do it.
It’s up to us now.
ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/

and here is a link to the complete set: drive.google.com/file/d/1fNpQFP…